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Bulgarian Woman Arrested for Drug Trafficking in Spain
32 people were detained during the large-scale operation.
Spain's police have busted a drug gang led by a 44-year-old Bulgarian woman in Valladolid. 200 kilograms of heroin, amphetamines and marijuana, as well as 45,000 euros, weapons and 12 cars were seized during the large-scale operation.
Man arrested for selling illegal tobacco in downtown Athens
A 35-year-old foreign national has been arrested for selling contraband tobacco outside the National Technical University of Athens on Stournari Street.
Police said the suspect was picked up on Thursday afternoon while trying to sell tobacco products to passers-by.
North Macedonia Joins Partners in Busting Cocaine-Smuggling Gang
North Macedonia's Interior Minister, Nake Culev, on Thursday, said police seized a kilo of cocaine on Wednesday as part of an international drug-busting operation that had involved "several countries", while not naming them.
Iranian suspects hiding drugs in stomachs detained at İzmir airport
Police at Aegean province of İzmir's international airport detained five Iranian nationals trying to smuggle heroin in capsules hidden in their stomachs, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Feb. 19.
Crime sweeps carried out in Omonia and Exarchia
A total of 18 people have been arrested by police in central Athens in two separate crackdowns on crime in as many days in the areas of Omonia Square and Exarchia, the Hellenic Police (ELAS) announced on Monday.
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A Record 5 Tonnes of Cocaine Seized in Costa Rica
Costa Rica police seized the largest amount of drug in its history yesterday - 5 tonnes of cocaine hidden in a container of flowers that was to be loaded today in the port of Limon, on the Caribbean coast, France Press reported.
The drug was hidden in a shipment of flowers traveling to the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, the Interior Minister said.
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Police evacuate drug den in central Athens
Police on Friday evacuated a building on a central Athens street which, they said, had become a hangout for drug users and dealers.
Six people - five foreign nationals and a Greek woman - were arrested, while municipal cleaning crews removed 35 tons of garbage from the building on Liosion Street.
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Greek police to visit Serbia for leads to mafia execution
Greek law enforcement officials are planning to visit Serbia in the immediate future to discuss the murder of Montenegrins Igor Dedovic and Stevan Stamatovic, who were gunned down at a taverna in the seaside resort of Vari in Attica last Sunday.
Police seized over 10 kilograms of heroin in northwestern Turkey
Turkey seized over 10.15 kilograms (about 22 pounds) of heroin in the northwestern province of Bolu, a police source said on Jan. 21.
Anti-narcotics police, assisted by a sniffer dog, searched a suspicious car on a motorway in Bolu, recovering heroin from the trunk of the vehicle, said the source who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.
Police dismantle crystal meth lab in central Athens
Police in Athens on Wednesday detained two men and a woman in connection with a crystal methamphetamine laboratory in the city center.
According to a police statement, a raid on the makeshift lab turned up 3.5 kilograms of meth amphetamine (shisha) as well as various other substances whose chemical composition was unclear.