Police in Sukharechka have seized more than 43 kg (95 lbs) of heroin hidden in a wood

Police in Russia's Urals region of Orenburg have seized more than 43 kg (95 lbs) of heroin hidden in a wood, local police said on Monday.
"43.5 kg of heroin was discovered in a forest [on Sunday] near the village of Sukharechka in the Orenburg Region. The drugs were seized," police said, adding they had been informed of the whereabouts of the heroin by an earlier detained drug dealer.Russia's Urals is a major point in the heroin smuggling route from Afghanistan through the former Soviet Central Asian republics on to Western Europe via Moscow and St. Petersburg. Alternatively, the drugs are smuggled into Turkey and then onto Europe via the Balkans.Russian customs officers in the Urals made their largest-ever drug bust on March 19, seizing a total of 353 kg (780 lbs) of heroin.