{"id":102254,"date":"2024-08-27T15:39:23","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T12:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/102254\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"four-foreigners-charged-with-heroin-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/102254\/","title":{"rendered":"Four foreigners charged with heroin trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mingorsud_sbby_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mingorsud_sbby_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mingorsud_sbby_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mingorsud_sbby_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mingorsud_sbby_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mingorsud_sbby_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(sb.by)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 27, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian prosecutorshave  forwarded to the Minsk City Court the case against four foreigners, accused of drug trafficking, the Prosecutor General&#8217;s Office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drugs were reportedly delivered to Belarus via Russia under the guise of juices and soda drinks and stored at a warehouse in Minsk from late 2022 to September 2023. Police seized more than 320 kg of heroin during the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the defendants, a member of an international criminal gang, reportedly recruited others to set up a drug delivery route from Iran via Belarus and Russia to other countries, investigators said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SK_archive_pozirk_1128-3193-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SK_archive_pozirk_1128-3193-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SK_archive_pozirk_1128-3193-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SK_archive_pozirk_1128-3193-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SK_archive_pozirk_1128-3193-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SK_archive_pozirk_1128-3193.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Investigative Committee reports arrest of suspected heroin traffickers<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 16, Pozirk. Belarusian police have arrested four foreigners suspected of trafficking heroin from Iran to the European Union and the United Kingdom, the Investigative Committee said. Drugs were reportedly delivered to Belarus via Russia under the guise of juices &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/100855\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 27, Pozirk. Belarusian prosecutorshave forwarded to the Minsk City Court the case against four foreigners, accused of drug trafficking, the Prosecutor General&#8217;s Office reports. Drugs were reportedly delivered to Belarus via Russia under the guise of juices and soda drinks and stored at a warehouse in Minsk from late 2022 to September 2023. 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