Romanian organized crime prosecutors on Sunday detained eleven people accused of drug trafficking, following raids on several homes in capital Bucharest. The group was coordinated by a Turkish citizen who is serving a 16-year sentence for international drug dealing in a Romanian penitentiary.

Investigations in the case have been carried out between November 2010 and March 2011, said the Romanian Police. Authorities confiscated about three kilograms of heroin, 115 methadone pills, two digital scales, two cars, 44 mobile phones, a laptop, EUR 17,815, USD 2,469, RON 28,045 and other objects.  Prosecutors asked the Bucharest Court to issue preventive arrest warrants against the eleven drug dealers. The court will analyze the request on Monday.

Mediafax