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Police seized more than 320 kg of heroin during the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspects are in custody after being charged with running a criminal gang and drug trafficking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news comes after the Belarusian Customs Committee reported a record seizure of more than a ton of psychotropic substances worth $28 million last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 16, Pozirk. Belarusian police have arrested four foreigners suspected of trafficking heroin from Iran to the European Union and the United Kingdom, the Investigative Committee said. Drugs were reportedly delivered to Belarus via Russia under the guise of juices and soda drinks and stored at a warehouse in Minsk from late 2022 to September [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":64227,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-100855","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Investigative Committee reports arrest of suspected heroin traffickers | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 16, Pozirk. 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