New York Times: Nearly 1,700 pounds of heroin was smuggled into the Netherlands last week hidden in a shipment of Iranian raisins, Dutch police investigators said Monday. The heroin, valued at about $23 million, was seized by the investigators last Thursday. Two men were arrested.
The New York Times
By Rick Gladstone
Nearly 1,700 pounds of heroin was smuggled into the Netherlands last week hidden in a shipment of Iranian raisins, Dutch police investigators said Monday.
The heroin, valued at about $23 million, was seized by the investigators last Thursday after the raisin shipment had been transported from Rotterdam to Hagestein.
Two men were arrested. Iran is a major transit point for heroin from Afghanistan. Iran also is believed to be the world’s third-largest exporter of raisins, behind Turkey and the United States.
