Neurochemistry

The precursor substance detained on Friday, 25 May, in Varna, could have been used for amphetamine production worth 500 million euros. This was stated by Deputy Director of Customs Agency Julian Mirkov, who said that on the black market a kilogram of the substance is used to produce 10,000 tablets at a price of about 20 euros.

Malaysian authorities said on May 28 that they have seized a record 1.2 tons of crystal methamphetamine that was shipped from Myanmar hidden in tea packets, the latest huge drugs haul in Southeast Asia.

Bulgarian customs officials on May 25 said they have seized 191 kilograms (420 pounds) of heroin found in a Turkey-registered truck entering Bulgaria from Turkey.

Six tons of amphetamines are caught at the port of Varna - West, the press service of the Appellate Prosecutor's Office in the seaside town reported today.

The drug is detected using the risk analysis method.

Amphetamines were found in 300 sacks in a container and the product in it was declared as citric acid.

191.2 kg of heroin hidden in a Turkish-registered truck were captured at Kapitan Andreevo Border Checkpoint. Its value is over 12 million leva.

The drug was discovered by a specially trained dog, whose name is Ritchie.

Port authorities in Igoumenitsa, northwestern Greece, seized 6.5 kilograms of heroin from a car shortly before it was supposed to board a ship destined for Ancona in Italy.

According to reports, the stash was found with the help of a sniffer dog during a search of the vehicle, which had license plates from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Istanbul police seized more than 400 kilograms (881 pounds) of illegal drugs including heroin and skunk cannabis during anti-drug operations in the city, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on May 23, citing police sources. 

Police seized a total of 3,700 opium poppy plants in the region of Viotia in central Greece Tuesday and arrested four foreign nationals - three Indians, aged 36, 47 and 58, and a 28-year-old Pakistani.

Authorities are also looking for a 64-year-old Greek man.

Three of those arrested did not have residence permits.

A 35-year-old woman was arrested on Saturday after more than 5 kilos of heroin was found in her home in Thessaloniki. 

Police said the suspect, an Albanian national, was arrested by officers of the anti-narcotics unit after a search of her home yielded 5.66 kilograms of heroin, a precision scale, a switchblade and 8,365 euros - thought to be profits from drug sales.

And the figure is 1.1 percent higher year-on-year, the Statistical Office has announced.

In relation to December 2017, the increase was 1.2 percent.