SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgarian border authorities stated Sunday they’ve seized one of many largest hauls of cocaine from a Belgian-plated van en path to Turkey.
Based on customs officials, the almost 206 kilograms (453 kilos) of cocaine was the biggest seizure at Bulgaria’s land border. A automobile inspection led to the invention of the medication valued at 20 million euros ($22 million). The medication had been hidden in 179 sealed baggage stashed amongst private belongings in 5 suitcases.
Haskovo District Prosecutor Ivan Stoyanov recognized the three folks making an attempt to cross the border into Turkey as a 40-year-old diplomat from the Democratic Republic of Congo accredited in Belgium, a 54-year-old Belgian citizen and a 43-year-old Bulgarian driver.
Stoyanov instructed reporters that they might withstand 20 years in jail if convicted on drug trafficking costs.
An investigation has been launched along with accomplice organizations in different EU nations into the origins of the cocaine and its closing recipients.
Bulgaria, which has taken steps in recent times in opposition to drug trafficking, is taken into account a transit level on the Balkan drug-trafficking route, which is used to produce Western Europe with heroin from Asia and the Center East, and with cocaine from Latin America.