{"id":149580,"date":"2025-08-04T20:11:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T17:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149580\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"investigative-committee-reports-eliminating-350-kg-of-heroin","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/149580\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigative Committee incinerates 350 kg of heroin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 4, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>The Belarusian Investigative Committee (IC) has incinerated about 350 kilograms of heroin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to IC spokesman Alaksandar Suchadolski, more than 320 kg of this batch was seized during a criminal investigation into four foreigners and organized crime groups smuggling large quantities of illicit drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The drugs were imported into Belarus \u201cunder the guise of juices and carbonated drinks from Iran in transit through the Russian Federation,\u201d investigators said. The drugs were stored in a Minsk warehouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The batch was intended for the European Union and the United Kingdom, while Belarus \u201cacted as a transit point,\u201d the IC spokesman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On August 16, 2024, the IC reported the arrest of four foreigners on charges of smuggling drugs between November 2022 and September 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SK_press-354x234.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SK_press-354x234.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SK_press-734x485.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SK_press-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SK_press.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Investigators uncover drug trafficking route via Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 25, Pozirk. Belarusian investigators uncovered a drug trafficking route running from the European Union countries to Russia via Belarus, the Investigative Committee\u2019s press office reports. Law enforcers seized more than 1.5 tons of illegal substances and identified about 14 &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/148194\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 4, Pozirk. The Belarusian Investigative Committee (IC) has incinerated about 350 kilograms of heroin. According to IC spokesman Alaksandar Suchadolski, more than 320 kg of this batch was seized during a criminal investigation into four foreigners and organized crime groups smuggling large quantities of illicit drugs. The drugs were imported into Belarus \u201cunder the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-149580","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 incinerates 350 kg of heroin | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 4, Pozirk. The Belarusian Investigative Committee (IC) has incinerated about 350 kilograms of heroin. 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