KOSOVO POLICE SEIZE 15 KILOS OF HEROIN, ARREST ALBANIAN
BBC Monitoring International Reports - May 11, 2005

Text of report by Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA

Pristina, 11 May: Members of the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) this morning seized 15 kilos of heroin in Gnjilane and arrested one [?ethnic] Albanian in whose car the drugs were found, KPS spokesman Refki Morina confirmed to SRNA.

Morina said that due to the investigation he was not able to reveal the identity of the arrested Albanian.

He said that with this yet another drug smuggling chain had been severed, and announced more information soon on this morning's operation.

The estimated street value of the confiscated drugs is about 200,000 dollars.

Kosovo is a transit point for drugs coming from Asian countries.
 

Source: SRNA news agency, Bijeljina, in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian 1036 gmt 11 May 05

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