Bulgaria seizes 100 kgs of heroin at border, 3 held

Bulgarian customs officers at the country's Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint near the border with Turkey have seized 100.44 kg of heroin and arrested three suspects, authorities said here on Monday.

The drug, split into 200 packets, was found on Sunday night in the driver's cab of a truck carrying auto parts to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the National Customs Agency and the country's Prosecutor's Office said in a joint statement.

Authorities estimated that the value of the heroin on the black market would exceed 5 million U.S. dollars.

The driver of the vehicle, a 33-year-old BiH citizen, was arrested at the scene.

Authorities also arrested two other BiH citizens who were his accomplices, the statement said, adding that they were moving almost in parallel with another truck, but no drugs were found in it.

The investigation is ongoing.