SOFIA, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Bulgarian law enforcement authorities have seized 402.72 kg of heroin at the country's Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint near the border with Türkiye, officials said on Saturday.

The heroin, divided into 618 strip-shaped polyethylene bags, was discovered on Wednesday during an X-ray examination of a truck transporting mattresses for beds from Iran through Türkiye and Bulgaria to a European Union nation, according to the Prosecutor's Office.

Officials estimated the black market value of the heroin to exceed 9.11 million U.S. dollars.

The driver of the vehicle, a 63-year-old Turkish national, was apprehended at the scene.

Bulgaria's Caretaker Interior Minister Kalin Stoyanov told a press conference that there was no prior information from foreign partner services regarding this heroin shipment. Stoyanov added that law enforcement personnel operated based on risk analysis principles. Enditem

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