ANKARA - "Customs Guard teams seized 358 kg heroin, with a market value of 18 million YTL (one dollar equals 1.40 YTL), between March 29th and 30th," Turkish State Minister Kursad Tuzmen said on Monday.
Speaking at a news conference in Customs Undersecretariat, Tuzmen said the teams seized around 305 kg heroin in a truck in Edirne Border Pass on March 29th, 2007, and 53 kg heroin in Istanbul Pendik Ro-Ro seaport.