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ARMENIA DETAINS TURKISH CITIZEN FOR SMUGGLING HEROIN FROM IRAN
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Jan 20 2014
YEREVAN - Agence France-Presse
Armenia has detained two foreign citizens after security forces
discovered almost one metric tonne of heroin allegedly being smuggled
from Iran to Turkey.
A Georgian truck driver was arrested after border guards found some
927 kilograms of heroin in his vehicle while a Turkish national was
detained later, Armenia's National Security Service said.
"As a result of a search operation conducted in Yerevan, one of the
organisers of the heroin trafficking was detained, a Turkish citizen
Osman Ogurlu, 40," the security agency said in a statement released
late Sunday. The huge drug seizure, which occurred at the Megri
border crossing between Iran and Armenia, is reportedly the largest
ever uncovered by the Armenian authorities. Officials from Armenia's
tax inspectorate estimate that the haul could have a street value of
over $100 million (75 million euros).
Iran is thought to be a major transit point for heroin being smuggled
from Central Asia through the South Caucasus and into Europe. This
shipment was allegedly set to travel to Turkey via Armenia and then
Georgia.
January/20/2014
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Jan 20 2014
YEREVAN - Agence France-Presse
Armenia has detained two foreign citizens after security forces
discovered almost one metric tonne of heroin allegedly being smuggled
from Iran to Turkey.
A Georgian truck driver was arrested after border guards found some
927 kilograms of heroin in his vehicle while a Turkish national was
detained later, Armenia's National Security Service said.
"As a result of a search operation conducted in Yerevan, one of the
organisers of the heroin trafficking was detained, a Turkish citizen
Osman Ogurlu, 40," the security agency said in a statement released
late Sunday. The huge drug seizure, which occurred at the Megri
border crossing between Iran and Armenia, is reportedly the largest
ever uncovered by the Armenian authorities. Officials from Armenia's
tax inspectorate estimate that the haul could have a street value of
over $100 million (75 million euros).
Iran is thought to be a major transit point for heroin being smuggled
from Central Asia through the South Caucasus and into Europe. This
shipment was allegedly set to travel to Turkey via Armenia and then
Georgia.
January/20/2014