£11m heroin haul seized in Turkey

Narcotics police in Istanbul have seized 323kg of heroin from a minibus and an Istanbul apartment bound for Europe.

Sun, 18 Mar, 2001 - 15:14

Narcotics police in Istanbul have seized 323kg of heroin from a minibus and an Istanbul apartment bound for Europe.

The heroin, worth an estimated street value of £11m in Europe, is believed to have originated from Iran and Afghanistan.

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