110 kilos of heroin seized on Macedonian-Bulgarian border

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Macedonian media on Bulgaria: CEDB’s victory, heroin and Vlado Dimov



8 July 2009 | 11:53 | FOCUS News Agency



News about Bulgaria in Macedonian press on Wednesday put accent on the victory of the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (CEDB) at the parliamentary elections, the 110 kilos(244 pounds) of heroin haul seized by Bulgarian police and the case around former Macedonian health minister Vlado Dimov.

The election victory of Sofia Mayor Boyko Borisov’s Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria /CEDB/ and Bulgarian Socialist Party’s going into opposition will not result in something spectacular in Bulgaria’s foreign policy, Macedonian Utrinski Vesnik daily writes.
After the parliamentary elections in Bulgaria the Macedonian political public expects that the country’s policy towards Macedonia will not change.
The newspaper publishes also opinions of professors and partisan officials who express hope for continuation of good neighborly relations between Macedonia and Bulgaria following CEDB’s win.

Bulgarian consul in Poland attended the interrogation of the former Macedonian minister of health care Vlado Dimov, who has a Bulgarian passport and worked as a surgeon in Bulgaria, Macedonian Dnevnik daily writes.
Dimov tried to escape extradition arrest in Poland. The former Macedonian minister, who was arrested on a suspicion of frauds worth MKD 2,5 million (MKD 61 = EUR 1), did not ask the Macedonian ambassador in Poland for help and immediately got in contact with Bulgarian consul Nikolay Vanchev. As early as on Tuesday Vanchev took measures to help Dimov, the newspaper writes.

Vecer daily also focuses on the Vlado Dimov case, saying that yesterday Dimov was questioned by examining magistrate, as the interrogation was attended by the Bulgarian consul in Poland. According to the newspaper, the former minister has hired a Bulgarian lawyer.

Utrinski Vesnik reminds that Dimov has been arrested at the airport in Warsaw in an attempt to leave for Sofia, where he used to live last year. Dimov is accused of issuing 6 orders for the appointment of 17 people during his office as health minister in 2005 without the approval of the Ministry of Finance. Police believes that some MKD 2.5 million (MKD 61 = EUR 1) has been drained with this move at the expense of the healthcare center in the town of Strumica, where the above-mentioned people were appointed.

Bulgarian police seized around 110 kilos of high-quality heroin and arrested 6 people, as 4 of them are Macedonians, Vecer daily writes. The heroin was produced in Afghanistan and was aimed for Macedonia through Bulgaria.
The international operation was conducted by Bulgarian and Macedonian police, in cooperation with the regional center for fight against organized crime in Bucharest and the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Istanbul.

4 Macedonians, 1 Bulgarian and 1 Kosovar, aged 23 – 50, have been arrested.

Dnevnik and Utrinski Vesnik dailies also report the news, informing that the value of the drug haul is estimated at EUR 10-15 million.

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n186835

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As it said, 4 MACEDONIANS, not Albanians.

But you have a 'Kosovar' aka a shiptar, an Albanian into the mix so you should be happy Johnny.

And it fits together. As I said, collective.

[Dobre]

Six arrests after major heroin haul in Blagoevgrad



Bulgarian special branch/counter-terrorist police unit conducting drills.

A multi-national task force aimed at tackling international drug trafficking on the territory of Blagovgrad municipality led to six arrests and the seizure of more than 111kg of heroin on July 6 following the operation, Focus news reported.

The heroin's origin was Afghanistan, en route to Macedonia. It was a joint operation conducted by the Ministry of Interior's drugs branch and special branch, as well as Macedonian police, and police agencies operating in Bucharest, Romania and Istanbul.

It was revealed that after meticulous investigation and surveillance, officers confirmed that more than "100kg of heroin were held in an address on Shar Planina st in Blagoevgrad".

Late on June 6pm at 10.30pm, six individuals made an attempt to shift the cargo with two vehicles. The special police unit moved in and apprehended the 50 year old Kossovo national S.N, four Macedonian citizens, two of them with temporary Bulgarian residential permits, T.F aged 27 and D.N aged 29, M.M aged 40 and R.D aged 26 who had no permits to reside in Bulgaria and the local L.A, aged 23 from Blagoevgrad.

The men have been apprehended and a criminal case has been opened.

http://www.sofiaecho.com/2009/07/07/751 ... lagoevgrad

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Authorities seize 714 litres of liquid cocaine in 1020 wine bottles in Varna



A total of 714 litres of cocaine in liquid form, stored in 1020 wine bottles, have been seized by the State Agency for National Security (SANS) in the Black Sea port of Varna, SANS said on July 10 2009.

The operation was led in co-operation with Customs Agency and US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) following a six-month long operation. The bottles were of the Bolivian Kohlberg brand, SANS said, and were mixed with genuine wine bottles of the same brand.

The container's route started in Bolivia but the bottles full of cocaine liquid were loaded in the Chilean port of Arica.

The ship carrying the container arrived in Varna Zapad (West) port on June 28 2009.

This was the second drug seizure in Bulgaria in the past week. On July 6 2009, a multi-national task force aimed at tackling international drug trafficking on the territory of Blagovgrad municipality arrested six people and seized more than 111kg of heroin.

The heroin's origin was Afghanistan, en route to Macedonia. It was a joint operation conducted by the Ministry of Interior's drugs branch and special branch, as well as Macedonian police and police agencies operating in Bucharest, Romania and Istanbul.

http://www.sofiaecho.com/2009/07/10/753 ... s-in-varna

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Police seize heroin in southern Serbia
2 July 2009 | 10:03 | Source: Tanjug
NIŠ -- The Serbian police (MUP) officers in Niš confiscated five kilograms of heroin and detained two suspected drug traffickers on Wednesday.



The drugs (Tanjug)

In a statement, MUP identified the suspects as Avdi Hajrula, 31, from Veliki Trnovac, and Mustava Latifi, 23, from Kumanovo, Macedonia.

The pair will be charged will illegal production, possession, and trafficking of narcotics.

The drugs were found at the Nais toll gate in ten packages hidden in a BMW with Belgrade license plates, driven by Hajrula.

Latifi was stopped and arrested in an Audi 6 with Macedonian license plates at the Doljevac gate, the statement said.

Both Hajrula and Latifi will be charged and taken to an investigative judge in Niš, MUP explained.

http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-arti ... v_id=60220

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07/13/2009

Drug arrest at Thessaloniki's 'Macedonia' airport

A 39-year-old Romanian man was apprehended at Thessaloniki's 'Macedonia' airport on Friday with nearly 3.5 kilos of heroin in his luggage. The man is believed to be working for an international drug-trafficking ring and was about to board a flight for London stopping at Athens.

The drugs, weighing 3.350 kilogrames were hidden in a special compartment in his suitcase.

The Romanian will now be led before a public prosecutor to be charged.

Authorities are also looking into the possibility that the suspect might belong to the same outfit as a 20-year-old Romanian arrested at the same airport last June with roughly 4.5 kilos of heroin in his suitcase, after arriving on a flight from Istanbul in order to catch a connecting flight to London.

http://www.ana-mpa.gr/anaweb/user/showp ... ervice=142

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Five Macedonians detained in drug busting operation



Skopje / 7/07/09 / 15:46
Macedonian police made public Tuesday afternoon some details regarding thwarted attempt of smuggling 111 kilograms of heroin indented for the Macedonian market, which resulted in detention of five Macedonian citizens.

The drug was seized Monday night in Blagoevgrad in a joint operation of the Bulgarian and Macedonian police.

A total of six persons were arrested, including one Bulgarian citizen.

"The Organized Crime Department has been working for quite some time on gathering information over possible transport of large quantity of heroin from Bulgaria to Macedonia. Upon cooperation with the Bulgarian counterpart department, SECI Center and DEA's Istanbul Office, we conducted the operation codenamed 'Corridor' that resulted in crackdown of an international drug ring and confiscation of 111 kilograms of heroin," Macedonian Police announced.

The drug shipment was to be taken over by the Macedonian citizens and transported to Struga, where an Albanian citizen was to bring the drug shipment out of the country on its way to the final destination of the EU countries.

The street value of the seized drugs is estimated at 10 to 15 million euros. /end/ nv

http://makfax.com.mk/en-us/Details.aspx?ItemID=6572

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lol

Every fucking week, 50, 100, 200 kilos of that crap, seized...

Also notice it's always going on somewhere where the Bulgarians have a hand. Of course, Bulgaria joined the EU in 2006 and is currently the most corrupt country in the EU, fucking reforms........................