Russia

More than 16 kg of drugs seized in North Caucasus raid

09:05 30/12/2008

MOSCOW, December 30 (RIA Novosti) - Police seized more than 16 kg (35 lbs) of heroin in a special operation in the Nazran District of Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, a police spokesman said on Tuesday.

During an operation "more than 16 kg of heroin was seized from a local home owner," he said.

The police spokesman said that the owner and her friend had both been arrested.

An investigation has started.

Add to blog
Send to friend
Share

Add to blog

You may place this material on your blog by copying the link.

Publication code:

<div style="border:1px solid #d3d3d3; padding:17px 0 0px 17px; background:#ffffff; width:510px;"><div style="width:100%; overflow:hidden;"><a target="_blank" href="http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081230/119223169.html" style="text-decoration:none;"><img src="http://en.rian.ru/i/eng/logo_sml.gif" alt="RIA Novosti" title="RIA Novosti" style="float:left; margin-right:10px;" border="0" /></a><a target="_blank" href="http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081230/119223169.html" style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;display: block; margin: 0 10px 0 0 ;"><strong style="font:19px Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; line-height:16px; font-weight:bold;">More than 16 kg of drugs seized in North Caucasus raid</strong></a><p style="font:13px Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; padding:5px 10px 0px 0;"><span style="color:#5590bf;">09:05</span> <span style="color:#5590bf; padding-right:7px;">30/12/2008</span> <span style="font-size:12px;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#335f86; padding-left:10px; text-decoration:underline;" href="http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081230/119223169.html" title="More than 16 kg of drugs seized in North Caucasus raid">>></a></span></p><div style="padding:6px 0 15px 30px; font:10px Verdana,sans-serif;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#114472; text-decoration:underline;" href="http://en.rian.ru" title="RIA Novosti">Other news of the day</a></div></div></div>