OSIJEK POLICE CONFISCATE LARGEST AMOUNT OF NARCOTICS IN AREA

OSIJEK, Dec 14 (Hina) - Osijek-Baranja police on Wednesday night arrested a drug dealer and confiscated the largest amount of narcotics ever found in the eastern Croatian region of Baranja. Following up on gathered information and founded suspicion that resident of Jagodnjak (in Baranja), J.G. (1965) was in possession of narcotics, police last night stopped him and requested of him identification documents. During the identification process, J.G. tried to flee, but decided against it after several warning gun shots by police officers. He, however, discarded two nylon bags containing 1,921 grams of marijuana and 22.3 grams of heroin, police commissioner Zeljko Vajda told reporters Thursday. Having received a search warrant, police Thursday carried out a search of J.G's apartment. In the vicinity they found the remainder of narcotics, totalling 8.6 kilos of marijuana and 67 grams of heroin, several cigarette cartons, weapons, ammunition and ensignia of the former paramilitary "Serb Krajina army". Vajda refused to disclose the origin of the drugs, in the interest of the investigation, but did state the apprehended person was important in the narcotics chain, judging from the amount of found drugs. (hina) lml