Poland Seizes Major Heroin Shipment From Iran
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Polish authorities said Monday they had seized over a ton of heroin from Iran, hidden in a shipment of decorative bricks, at the Baltic port of Gdynia. "This is the largest operation of its kind in over a decade," Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski said at a press conference. The drugs, worth 220 million zlotys (51.8 million euros), were concealed in the brick shipment coming and were first flagged by British customs officials The drugs origina…
Polish police announced that they had dealt one of the biggest blows to international drug traffickers in their history.
Poland seizes about a ton of heroin worth almost $60 million
One of the largest smuggling attempts into Poland was uncovered thanks to international cooperation, as well as the efforts of the Central Bureau of Investigation of the Police and the National Revenue Administration. Polish police officers received information from HM Revenue & Customs – the British customs administration – that containers carrying suspicious cargo might be arriving at the Port of Gdynia. In the second half of March, officers i…
Polish authorities have seized more than a ton of heroin in the Baltic port city of Gdynia. The drugs are estimated to be worth almost 220 million zlotys (about 1.256 billion CZK), media reported. According to Polish television station TVP, it was a record shipment of smuggled drugs.
Poland seizes over 1 tonne of heroin worth $60m
Poland seized over one tonne of heroin with a value of nearly 220 million zloty (about 60 million U.S. dollars), Polish Minister of the Interior and Administration Marcin Kierwinski announced Monda, reported Xinhua. "This is the largest operation of its kind in more than a decade and the biggest anti-narcotics operation in recent years," Kierwinski said at a press conference. According to the Polish Ministry of the Interior and Administration, t…
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