140 kilos of heroin seized on Croatia-Serbia border

140 kilos of heroin seized on Croatia-Serbia border

ZAGREB -- More than 140 kilograms of heroin have been seized by the Croatian police on the Bajakovo-Batrovci crossing between Croatia and Serbia.

The Zagreb-based daily Vecernji List is reporting that the value of the seized illegal narcotics is "EUR 5.5 million."

The drugs were transported in a German license plates car, divided into 261 packages.

The newspaper said that this was "the biggest drugs haul to date on Croatian border crossings."

The RTL website in Croatian is reporting that the drugs were smuggled by a Turkish and a German citizen.