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43 kg heroin seized in Russia

IANS Moscow

Last Updated : Jan 10 2019 | 5:50 PM IST

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) on Thursday said it has seized 43 kg of heroin.

During the operation, FSB officers detained active members of a cross-border criminal group while they were transferring drugs in a forest here, Xinhua news agency reported.

The FSB said that through the operation, it curbed a channel for smuggling drugs from Central Asian countries to Russia. Those arrested belong to several countries.

--IANS

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