Police locate apartment for narcotics distribution

The police has found over 12kg of marijuana, 3kg of heroin, amphetamines and ecstasy-like pills in a rented apartment in Skopje downtown, which served as a place for distribution of narcotics.

The value of the seized narcotics on the black market could reach EUR 360,000.

Three individuals have been arrested for illicit production and distribution of narcotics, psychotropic substances and precursors.

The detained individuals are part of a criminal group that organized transports of larger quantities of heroin from Turkey, marijuana from Albania and synthetic drugs from Bulgaria, with a small portion for the Macedonian market whereas the majority intended for the regional and western European drug markets.

"The individuals were under observation for a certain period, and we believed now was the time to cut this ring", said Minister of Interior Gordana Jankuloska on Tuesday.