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Serbian citizens arrested smuggling 20 kilos of cocaine

MONTEVIDEO -- Two Serbian citizens have been arrested in Uruguay on suspicion that they attempted to smuggle about 20 kilograms of cocaine.

The drugs were found in the luggage of the suspects at Montevideo's Carrasco airport.

"Balkan group" of cocaine smugglers arrested in Spain

ZAGREB -- Croatia's Jutarnji List newspaper is reporting that "a Serb, a Croat, and a Montenegrin" have been arrested in Spain on drug trafficking charges.

Quoting Spanish media, the daily said they were caught while attempting to smuggle nearly 300 kilograms of cocaine.

Bulgarian customs officers have seized 2.5 kilogrammes of cocaine of very high purity at Sofia International Airport, the National Customs Agency said on Monday.

The cocaine was hidden in bottles of wine packed in the luggage of a female Chilean national.

A British holidaymaker has died in Bulgaria's Borovets ski resort after taking a drug she and her friends thought was cocaine.

A 33-year-old man was arrested as he stepped off a ferry from Piraeus to Iraklio, Crete, on Friday as he was found to be in possession of 730 grams of heroin.

Officers from the local drug squad made the arrest.

The suspect, who was not named, also had 20 grams of cocaine on him.

A 40-year-old Brazilian national arrested at Athens International Airport on Monday after more than 5 kilograms of cocaine was found hidden in his luggage is believed to be part of a large network dealing narcotics from Latin America to Europe.

A Brazilian man was arrested at Athens International Airport on Monday after being caught with about five kilos of cocaine in his position.

The drug had been hidden inside chocolate boxes in his luggage.

Police said they believe the 40-year-old was acting on behalf of a South American drug trafficking ring. He flew to Athens from Sao Paolo via Dubai.

Serbian citizen caught smuggling 68 kilos of cocaine

LJUBLJANA -- A citizen of Serbia was arrested in Slovenia for attempting to smuggle some 68 kilograms of cocaine in a truck he drove, the local police said.

BELGRADE - The police seized 1.9 tons of various narcotics in the period from May to October 2014, which is 18 percent more compared to the same period last year, Serbian Minister of Interior Affairs Nebojsa Stefanovic stated on Wednesday.

950 kilos of cocaine seized, Serbian among those arrested

MADRID -- Spanish authorities seized nearly one ton of cocaine from a yacht off the Canary Islands and arrested its three crew members, among them a citizen of Serbia.