People walk in front of St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev on March 31, 2019, during Ukraine’s presidential election.Sergei GAPON / AFP
Ukraine police seized heroin worth about $60 million, over half a tonne of the powder, in raids in the country’s centre and west, officials said Sunday, describing it as the biggest haul they had ever seen.
Chief of the national police Sergiy Knyazev announced on Facebook two raids in Kiev region yielding “600 kilogrammes (1,322 pounds) of heroin worth $50 million.”
About 500 kg were found on Sunday afternoon and more than 100 kg overnight “in a professionally-equipped cubby hole in …read more
Source: Channels Television
