Over 157 kg of heroin seized in southern Turkey

HAKKARI, Turkey

Authorities in southeastern Turkey have found over 157 kilograms (346 pounds) of heroin, local officials announced on Wednesday.

Police seized a total of 157.7 kilograms of heroin pressed in 310 molds in a suspicious vehicle stopped in the Yuksekova district of Hakkari province on Nov. 30, said a statement by the local governor's office.

Separately, some 1.8 kilograms of synthetic drugs hidden in a tire were found at the Depin police checkpoint in the province, the statement added.

Three people were arrested as a result of the incidents, it said.

*Writing by Gozde Bayar in Ankara