Balkan Drug Lord Gets 20 Years for Cocaine Smuggling

A Serbian court has sentenced a Balkan drug lord to 20 years in prison for smuggling 5.7 tons of cocaine from South America to Europe
Balkan Drug Lord Gets 20 Years for Cocaine Smuggling
In this Oct. 8, 2013 photo, a Dominican anti-drug police officer stands behind packages of seized drugs during a news conference at the National Drug Control Agency in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic is now the region’s biggest transit point for drugs. A U.S. military assessment projected that 6 percent of the cocaine destined for the U.S. this year will pass through the Dominican Republic alone. AP Photo/Manuel Diaz
The Associated Press
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BELGRADE, Serbia—A Serbian court has sentenced a Balkan drug lord to 20 years in prison for smuggling 5.7 tons of cocaine from South America to Europe.

Darko Saric, who had insisted he was innocent, didn’t attend the reading of the verdict Monday at Serbia’s Court for Organized Crime. Eighteen other gang members were sentenced to up to 20 years in prison, while three were acquitted.