ISTANBUL - Security forces impounded 100 kg of heroin in an operation in Istanbul on Thursday.
Security forces stopped and searched a lorry which was on its way from Istanbul to Germany.
They confiscated nearly 100 kg of heroin hidden in the lorry.
A total of six people were taken into custody in the operation.
Sources said that market value of the heroin was about 13 trillion 500 billion Turkish liras.
(UK-Öª) 05.06.2003