MOSCOW, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - Just over 14 kg (31 lbs) of heroin has been seized from a Kyrgyz national in the Sverdlovsk Region in the Urals, a police source said on Wednesday.
The region has witnessed a number of major drug hauls in recent months. On April 8, police officers detained a Tajik passport holder in a rented apartment in Yekaterinburg and seized 23.59 kilograms (53 lbs) of heroin.
Some 24 hours earlier, police seized 445 kg (981 lbs) of marijuana during a search of a truck near Kurgan, a city in the southern Urals.
