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Romania seizes record heroin haul after four-year hunt Empty Romania seizes record heroin haul after four-year hunt

Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:08 pm
Romanian police arrested four men and seized some 330 kilograms (728 pounds) of Netherlands-bound heroin, authorities said on Wednesday (July 29).

It is the Black Sea country's largest haul since 1990, with a street value exceeding 40 million euros (USD 44.24 million).

"333 kg of unprocessed heroin was in transit through Romania. Members of the international criminal group are Romanian and Turkish citizens. It is the biggest capture in Romania since 1990," said Daniel Horodniceanu, chief of the anti-mafia prosecuting office DIICOT.

Read also Romanian police seize 70kg cocaine haul worth massive EUR 4.2 million

The accused traffickers, two Romanians and two Turks, were arrested after a four-year surveillance of their international crime ring.

"More than 100 policemen were engaged in the action to follow and catch the criminal group. We worked for four years and the relationship between the police and the prosecutor worked very well. Cooperation was the main reason for this success," police chief Jean Cucu said.................

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