Police make record drug bust

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Police make record drug bust

Jun 11, 2008
By Adam Mullett

A NOSE FOR NARCOTICS: Border Guard drug sniffing dogs were able to find the substances despite the smugglers’ attempts to mask the smell with coffee.

VILNIUS - Police seized over three kilograms of amphetamines in Lithuania, resulting in the arrest of one Latvian citizen. The record drug haul has an approximate street value of 120,000 litas (35,000 euros). It is the second drug trafficking arrest of a Latvian national in recent days. The latest incident occurred on June 5 at the Lithuanian-Latvian border. Border guards stopped the suspicious BMW 525 and checked the car using drug detection dogs. They then found a large stash of narco ...

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