LJUBLJANA, Aug 18 (Hina) - The district court in Kranj, Slovenia, on Wednesday sentenced a Croatian citizen to five years in prison for smuggling ten kilos of heroin, discovered in his car last spring by police on a Slovene border
crossing with Austria. During investigation, the 31-year-old Borislav Stokic confessed to taking over the heroin in Macedonia, but subsequently retracted his statement by telling the Kranj district court he did not know about the drug. The five-year sentence is one of the severest given in Slovenia for drug-smuggling. It is however not yet final.(hina) ha
LJUBLJANA, Aug 18 (Hina) - The district court in Kranj, Slovenia, on
Wednesday sentenced a Croatian citizen to five years in prison for
smuggling ten kilos of heroin, discovered in his car last spring by
police on a Slovene border crossing with Austria.
During investigation, the 31-year-old Borislav Stokic confessed to
taking over the heroin in Macedonia, but subsequently retracted his
statement by telling the Kranj district court he did not know about
the drug.
The five-year sentence is one of the severest given in Slovenia for
drug-smuggling. It is however not yet final.
(hina) ha