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KOSOVAN APPREHENDED FOR TRYING TO SMUGGLE 11KG OF MARIJUANA TO HUNGARY

 

Police have apprehended a Kosovan national when he tried to smuggle 11kg of marijuana into Hungary over the Hungarian-Serbian border at Röszke, the Csongrád-Csanád County Prosecutor’s Office said on Wednesday. Police found the drug in the car the man tried to cross the border with on Sunday. The prosecutor’s office said there was a flight risk, and has initiated detention during the procedure, the statement said.