Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Greek Coast Guard seizes 2 tons of heroin and arrests tanker crew

The Greek Coast Guard announced Sunday they had seized a record two-ton haul of heroin and arrested 11 crewmembers of a Togo-flagged tanker that they think had brought it into the country.

Officers working with U.S Drug Enforcement Administration seized 987 kilograms of the drug, but the coastguard did not give details on where it was found.

The tanker called Noor One was suspected of bringing in the heroin, the agency said in a statement, noting that the ship had sailed through Oman and Pakistan before it was seized off the port of Elefsina near Athens on Sunday.

For more of the Reuters story: in.reuters.com

 

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