Narcotic

Bulgaria is strategically situated along the Balkan Route for illicit drugs and other contraband trafficked from Southwest Asia into Western Europe, according to a report of the U.S. Department of State.

OBRENOVAC - A total of 565 kilograms of seized narcotics worth over RSD 1 billion were burnt in the Nikola Tesla thermal power plant in Obrenovac on Monday.

The incineration of heroin, hashish and marijuana seized by the police in the previous period was attended by Serbian Minister of Interior Affairs Nebojsa Stefanovic who said that some of the drugs were confiscated back in 1995.

The Attica narcotics squad has arrested two suspects after finding more than 60 kilos of heroin buried underground in the Nea Zoi district of Aspropyrgos, west of Athens.

Narcotics officers at Athens International Airport on Friday arrested a 39-year-old Nigerian national after discovering an ingenious cache of drugs.

According to a police report, the 39-year-old, who had arrived at the Greek capital via Cairo, had concealed 1.74 kilogram of cocaine inside the metallic tubes that comprised the handle of his rolling suitcase.

WASHINGTON - The US State Department has said in it latest report on the international strategy against narcotics that Serbia is not among the large producers or consumers of narcotics, but a transit country in narcotics trafficking.