KOSOVO: UNMIK POLICE CONFISCATE 45 KG OF HEROIN ON BORDER WITH ALBANIA
FoNet - February 5, 2004

Pristina, 5 February: UNMIK (UN Mission in Kosovo) police today announced that 45 kg of heroin was confiscated at the Vrbnica border crossing with Albania on 30 January, and that this was the biggest operation in the fight against drugs smugglers in Kosovo so far.

The customs officer who found 70 heroin packages on the floor in the boot of a vehicle with Albanian registration plates, which was crossing from Albania to Kosovo, informed the Kosovo police force about the haul. The police immediately began a search of the border zone and found two Albanian suspects.

The street value of the confiscated drugs is more than 2m euros.
 

Source: FoNet news agency, Belgrade, in Serbian 1809 gmt 5 Feb 04

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