Police seize drugs concealed on and under ships in record Croatian bust

Croatian police displayed £14.2 million of heroin and cocaine they said were seized last October, in the country’s biggest-ever drugs bust.

It’s believed the illegal substances were hidden in metal packages found in cargo containers on one ship, as well as a metal container attached with magnets to the bottom of another.

The bust took place in a southern Adriatic seaport close to Dubrovnik.

“This is the biggest seizure of heroin ever in the Republic of Croatia,” Drazen Rastovic, the chief of Dubrovnik Police, said.

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