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Drugs worth over 400 mln euros seized in Latvia, eight arrested including Armenian citizen
APA AZ ^ | 10 10 2024 | Staff

Posted on 10/10/2024 11:05:57 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

Law enforcement in Latvia has seized a haul of drugs worth at least 400 million euros (437.8 million U.S. dollars) from a clandestine narcotics lab in Latvia, the State Police said Thursday, APA reports citing Xinhua.

Eight members of the criminal group, aged 24 to 35, were detained during the police operation last week in the northeastern Aluksne municipality. They include five Ukrainian citizens, two Polish citizens, and one Armenian citizen.

The largest such operation in the country was conducted simultaneously in several cities and towns across Latvia, involving seven raids.

Police seized more than one ton of the synthetic drug clephedrone and over 38,000 liters of various chemical liquids identified as precursors to synthetic drugs. In addition, laboratory equipment, five motor vehicles, cellphones, SIM cards, routers, a laptop computer, and other evidence were confiscated.

A forensic examination is ongoing to determine the precise weight and content of the seized substances.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: drugs; illegaldrugs; latvia
Latvia. Who knew?
1 posted on 10/10/2024 11:05:57 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

“… Eight members of the criminal group, aged 24 to 35, were detained…. They include five Ukrainian citizens, two Polish citizens, and one Armenian citizen.
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Jeez, Zelenskyy must not have given these Ukrainians their fair share of the Biden-Harris billions given to Zelenskyy,


2 posted on 10/10/2024 11:09:55 AM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX.)
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To: yesthatjallen
Heck, I didn't even know there was a Latvian Orthodox church.


3 posted on 10/10/2024 12:09:48 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: yesthatjallen

I suspect Zalensky resorting to drug dealing to keep the money rolling in.


4 posted on 10/10/2024 1:13:22 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: House Atreides

If Russia again Liberates Latvia from the stranglehold of the Neocons, there won’t be much of a drug business there.


5 posted on 10/10/2024 1:28:20 PM PDT by BobL
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