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ANKARA: Turkish police have seized 335 kilos of western Europe-bound heroin stashed in a truck in the eastern town of Bitlis, the Anatolia press agency reported on Sunday.
Police found the narcotics after having stopped and searched the truck on a highway linking the Kurd-dominated city of Diyarbakir to Bitlis, the agency reported, adding police said the heroin was bound for western Europe.
Turkey is strategically situated on a key trafficking and illegal immigration route between Asia and Europe—AFP
