Big consignment of drugs confiscated in Ukraine

23 May, 2007 10:34 / Updated 17 years ago

Security Service's in Ukraine have confiscated 114 kilograms of heroin from a Turkish national in the country's capital, Kiev. The drugs have a street value of almost 9 MLN euros.

The man was detained in the city centre as he was loading the drugs into his car. Police also discovered heroin in his rented apartment.A preliminary investigation suggests that the drugs came from Turkey and were destined for Western Europe.