| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Today
Videos
Polls
RSS Feed Around the World08. 02. 12. - 13:00
Pineapple Ring
croatiantimes.com
A drugs trafficking ring smuggling 38 kilos of cocaine worth nearly 8 million GBP inside hollowed out pineapples has been thwarted by customs officials in the Ukraine.
The five-man gang - arrested at docks in Illichivsk, Ukraine - are alleged to have sailed the haul into the country on a container ship from Costa Rica.
The arrests were carried out in a joint operation between customs officials and the country's state security service who had been tracking the gang for several months.
A spokesman for the customs service said: "We'd been tipped off that the gang were looking to smuggle a large quantity of drugs into the country and that we should be on the look out for suspicious fruit.
"The shipment was spotted after one of our officers noticed a sticky substance around one of the pineapples. It turned out to be glue used to seal the two halves of the pineapple," he said.
Tag cloud security trafficking tipped suspicious shipment spokesman Ukraine joint pineapples quantity customs smuggle halves noticed ship fruit operation hollowed drugs substance
Priest Kills local politician in Dubrovnik
Police have found the body of a 49-year-old man in the hallway at the entrance to the parish house in Banici near the Damlatian city of Dubrovnik in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Croatian-German Solar Power
Organised by the Split-Dalmatia County and the German Embassy in Croatia, a three-day conference on renewable energy sources has just been held in the Dalmatian city of Split. The renewable energy source industry, which is in full swing in developed countries, is just in the early stages in Croatia, reports Croatian radio television.
U2 and Amy Winehouse docos at 4th Starigrad-Paklenica Film Festival
The 4th Starigrad-Paklenica Film Festival, the international festival of music documentary films will be held from 4 - 10 August in the special ambience of Paklenica National Park in northern Dalmatia.
Over 150,000 tourists in first quarter for Zagreb
Croatia's capital Zagreb had 154,535 tourists with 300,013 overnight stays in the period from January to April this year, a 2 per cent increase on tourists and a 10 per cent increase on overnight stays from the same period last year.
Fatboy Slim set to light up Dubrovnik
Pioneer of the big beat genre and winner of ten MTV Music awards, legendary British DJ and producer Fatboy Slim, will play in Croatia on 22 June at the Culture Club Revelin in Dubrovnik.
Chelsea hero's brother trialled in Croatia
The brother of Chelsea's hero in the Champions League football final, Didier Drogba, trialled with Croatian first division side NK Zagreb, reported daily newspaper Vecernji list.
Road Toll Charges set to rise
A fifteen per cent increase in the cost of road toll charges will come into effect in Croatia from June this year, reports Croatian radio television.
Croatian cities to pay Austrians 50 million kuna
Five Croatian cities from the Slavonia region will have to pay nearly 50 million kuna (6.5 million Euros) compensation to an Austrian construction consortium for the project to construct regional centers for waste disposal, which was never built.
Croatian fans welcome at Euro camp in Poland
Croatian football fans who are travelling to this summer's European Football Championships in Ukraine and Poland and want to indulge in the true fan experience, can do so at the Gdansk Football Camp, a special camping site created by fans for fans for this year's tournament in the heart of Poland.
Queen of Croatia 2012 named
Ester Berisic was last night (Tues) named as the 2012 Queen of Croatia for the Queen of the World, reported daily newspaper Jutarnji list.
The most popular stories –
last 7 days
|
Slovenian President attacks Croatia |
|
ER star to play Gotovina in film |
|
Every day 40 less Croats |
|
Peljesac bridge contract terminated |
|
Twitter users vote Croatia 13th most beautiful country in the world |