Morphinans

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Two 18-year-olds and a 25-year-old were arrested on Friday for trying to plant heroin in a children's playground in the western port city of Patra.

According to reports, the three men refused to stop for a check by police on a street and ran off to a nearby playground where they were nabbed as they tried to hide a package containing 206 grams of the drug.

Turkish security forces have seized around 10 tons of heroin so far this year, the Interior Ministry announced on Aug. 5.

Turkish police seized more than 50 kilograms of heroin on Aug. 4, according to sources.

A 35-year-old Pakistani national is to face a prosecutor over the weekend on charges of drug smuggling after police at Athens International Airport found more than 7 kilograms of heroin in his luggage.

More than 270 suspected drug smugglers were detained and over two tons of heroin seized during anti-drug operations in the first five months of the year in the eastern province of Van, a security source said on June 18.

Experts say there has been a rise in the number of drug addicts seeking treatment, as well as a drop in the number of drugs-related deaths in Greece.

According to a report by the Greek Documentation and Monitoring Center for Drugs (EKTEPN) that was presented Tuesday in Athens, the number of addicts who entered a rehab program increased from 4,087 in 2015 to 4,314 in 2016.

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.