Serbian drug boss Budimir Kujovic was transported under closed guard to the building of the District Police Directorate in the town of Stara Zagora. Kujovic is under the escort of six heavily armed police officers.
Bulgarian customs officers at the Kapitan Andreevo border check point with Turkey seized 60 kilograms of heroin on Sunday.
During a special operation officials found 116 packages of the drug, hidden in a secret compartment in the floor of a car, driven by a 41-year-old Bulgarian national.
The other three passengers, among them a 30-year-old woman and a customs official, were all arrested together with the driver.
According to the police, the customs officer, traveling in the car, was taking care of the unimpeded border crossing of the traffickers.
Serbian national Budimir Kuyovitch, who is the alleged boss of the group, was also arrested in the southeastern town of Stara Zagora.
Experts said that the heroin was supposed to reach Western Europe.
Bulgarian customs officers at the Kapitan Andreevo border check point with Turkey seized 60 kilograms of heroin on Sunday.
During a special operation officials found 116 packages of the drug, hidden in a secret compartment in the floor of a car, driven by a 41-year-old Bulgarian national.
The other three passengers, among them a 30-year-old woman and a customs official, were all arrested together with the driver.
According to the police, the customs officer, traveling in the car, was taking care of the unimpeded border crossing of the traffickers.
Serbian national Budimir Kuyovitch, who is the alleged boss of the group, was also arrested in the southeastern town of Stara Zagora.
Experts said that the heroin was supposed to reach Western Europe.
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