Balkan drug trafficking cartel busted in raids across Europe, law enforcement officials say

FILE PHOTO: Europol headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands. Photo: REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw.
Daria Sito-Sucic
Croatian police on Friday said a drug and firearm trafficking ring operating across Europe had been broken by a law enforcement operation that arrested 37 people and seized drugs, money and guns in eight countries since last year.
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