Bulgarian authorities seized some 436 kilograms of heroin at the Black Sea port of Burgas, the district prosecutor’s office said on August 12. The heroin was stashed in 434 packages hidden inside officially declared cargo in a trailer. The drug haul's value is estimated at nearly $38 million. The trailer had arrived at the end of July on a land route from Kyrgyzstan to the Georgian Black Sea port of Batumi, from where it crossed to Burgas. From Bulgaria, it was supposed to continue to Alexandroupolis in Greece. Bulgaria, which lies on a drug route from the Middle East to Western Europe, has taken major steps in recent years to combat drug trafficking.
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