Bulgarian customs officials confiscated more than 288kg of heroin hidden on a truck from Iran, prosecutors announced on Thursday. The haul is the biggest amount of heroin seized at Bulgaria's borders this year, the customs agency said. Two men – the Iranian truck driver and a Turkish man, who was allegedly to receive the drugs in Bulgaria – were detained and indicted for drug trafficking, the Haskovo regional prosecution said in a statement. The drugs were placed in 144 packages hidden inside the floor and ceiling of a spray painting machine transported inside the truck. In 2018, the customs agency confiscated a total of 994 kilos of heroin at the country's borders, a rise of 13% from 2017.

Source: News 24 April 18, 2019 15:22 UTC