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Serbia: 1.1 tons of narcotics destroyed in power plant
1,160 kilograms of narcotics and other psychoactive substances have been burned in the Nikola Tesla power plant in Belgrade's municipality of Obrenovac.
The drugs had been confiscated by the police over the past period.
Police Director Vladimir Rebic, who was present at the power plant, specified that the narcotics destroyed today consisted mostly of marijuana and heroin.
1.1 tons of narcotics destroyed in power plant
1,160 kilograms of narcotics and other psychoactive substances have been burned in the Nikola Tesla power plant in Belgrade's municipality of Obrenovac.
The drugs had been confiscated by the police over the past period.
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446 kilos of drugs incinerated at power plant
446 kilos of drugs incinerated at power plant
BELGRADE -- The Interior Ministry has incinerated about 446 kilograms of illegal narcotics and other psychoactive substances at the Nikola Tesla power plant in Obrenovac.
In a statement, the MUP said that the value of the drugs was around a billion Serbian dinars (RSD) - about EUR 8.3 million.
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Greek pharmacists: Mail-order drugs scheme is ‘illegal’
The Pharmacists Association on Thursday described as illegal a pilot scheme launched by the post office (ELTA), which allows customers to order medicines and have them delivered from pharmacies to their homes for 3 euros.
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