Police in Kurgan, in Russia`s southeast Urals, have seized more than 16 kilograms (35 lbs) of heroin from drug couriers, local prosecutors said on Monday.

The drugs were found in two vehicles traveling on the Chelyabinsk-Omsk highway last week, a spokesman for the Urals department of the Prosecutor General`s Office said.

Four suspects have been detained on suspicion of drug trafficking, the spokesman said. The suspects face up to 20 years in jail and a 1 million-ruble ($30,300) fine if convicted.

The heroin, equivalent to more than 160,000 doses, was intended to be sold in the Chelyabinsk Region in the Urals.
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