Ten kilograms of heroin found in rubbish bin
Published: 27 December, 2007, 15:45
A sports bag with more than ten kilograms of heroin was found in a shop in the town of Balashikha in Moscow region. Managers at the store discovered the large bag in a rubbish container.
Narcotics experts said the bag contained Afghan heroin packed into ten plastic parcels.
Police suspect the heroin was en route to a gang operating in the region.
“The drugs might have been stowed in the rubbish bin for a recipient to pick up. But, for some reason, he failed to do it,” Ekaterina Kosova from Drug Control service said.
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