Largest heroin seizure of the last 20 years in Hungary! – VIDEOS

Police officers seized one of the largest amounts (69.1 kg) of heroin shipment in Budapest. Within the framework of international cooperation, Slovene authorities already seized 661 kg out of the amount of 730 kilograms. The black market worth of the high purity drug shipment exceeds EUR 52.2m (17.5 billion HUF).

The Drug Crime Division of the National Bureau of Investigation of the Rapid Response and Special Police Services (KR NNI) conducts an investigation against Richárd K. (47) from Budapest for the reasonable suspicion of having trafficked narcotic drugs of a substantial quantity. The investigating authority received information in the first half of 2019 that he plans to smuggle a significant quantity of narcotic drugs into the country.

Simultaneously with the Hungarian proceeding, on 30 October 2019 the Slovene customs authority discovered, at the port of Koper, 730 kilograms of heroin concealed in film rolls while carrying out the customs clearance of a container heading from Iran to Hungary.

The Slovene partner authority submitted – by way of the Europol – the information to the KR NNI that established that the heroin shipment discovered in the port is connected to Richárd K.

The operation was supported by the Chief Prosecution Office of Budapest, and in cooperation with the Slovene Prosecution Office in Koper they immediately contacted Eurojust, being the judicial cooperation agency of the European Union. As a result of the cooperation of the Slovene and Hungarian national sections of this European agency, a European Investigation Order was issued out of turn and the Slovene organization was requested to carry out the controlled delivery.

The Slovene partner organization seized 661 kilograms of narcotic drugs from the container but in the interest of apprehending the perpetrator, let the remaining quantity pass freely by informing the Hungarian detectives thereof.