Bulgaria: Hashish worth 353 million euros seized

Bulgaria: Hashish worth 353 million euros seized
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Summary Bulgarian authorities said they seized 353 million euros Thursday, biggest drugs find in 15 years.

Bulgarian authorities said they seized 353 million euros ($441.60 million) worth of hashish on Thursday, their biggest drugs find in 15 years, in a consignment bound for Belgium and the Nertherlands.The 11,756 kg of hashish came from Morocco and was hidden in a storage unit in the village of Mirovyane near the capital Sofia, the interior ministry said.Bulgaria, eager to prove it is fit to join the European Unions Schengen zone of borderless travel and able to curb rampant organised crime and corruption, is a key transit route for drugs smuggled to Europe.On Monday the Balkan country seized 4,200 kg of hashish in atruck that authorities said was on its way to Belgium.
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