Bulgaria Police Seize Pepsi Bottles Filled with 9 Kilos of Heroin

The heroin was reportedly found in the fuel tank area of the car and was hidden in 12 plastic Pepsi bottles. File Photo

Bulgaria border police have busted a Romanian citizen with 9,02 kilograms of heroin in his Mercedes on the Bulgaria-Turkey border.

The Bulgaria Interior Ministry reported that at 20:30 Sunday evening customs officers and border police carried out a thorough search of the Romanian registered Mercedes at the Lesovo border crossing point.

The heroin was reportedly found in the fuel tank area of the car and was hidden in 12 plastic Pepsi bottles.

The 27-year-old Romanian man, who has been taken away for questioning, was traveling alone.

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