Bulgaria seizes 401 kg of heroin from containers belonging to Iran

Bulgarian judicial authorities announced on Tuesday, February 18, the discovery and seizure of 401 kilograms of heroin hidden in containers "belonging to Iran."

According to the Bulgarian prosecutor's office, the ship carrying these containers arrived from Dubai at the port of Varna on the Black Sea on February 7.

Reports indicate that Bulgarian customs officers discovered and seized around 500 packages of heroin hidden in containers that came from Iran.

Bulgarian prosecutors say the owner of the importing company and a customs officer have been arrested on charges of smuggling the drug shipment.

The value of this smuggled shipment is estimated at more than $22 million, while its street price is reported to be two or three times that amount.

One of the largest heroin shipments in the history of the Bulgarian Customs Administration, weighing 712 kilograms, was seized from two Iranian trucks heading to Austria in 2018.

Source: Radio Farda