Pubdate: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 Source: ITAR-TASS (Russia) Copyright: 1999 ITAR-TASS. 3-MLN-DOLLAR WORTH OF DRUGS SEIZED IN ST PETERSBURG IN 1998. ST.PETERSBURG, January 14 (Itar-Tass) - Security officials seized drugs with a street value exceeding three million dollars in St.Petersburg and its region in 1998, local security department press service told Itar-Tass on Thursday. St.Petersburg is one of the Russian cities where drug-pushers' activity is especially conspicuous, although attempts to smuggle narcotics in have decreased compared to four years ago. The biggest seizure in 1998 was a one-million-dollar 10- kilogram batch of cocaine from Latin America. Besides, local security officials arrested 17 drug-dealers from Russia and Tajikistan with more than two kilograms of heroin. - --- MAP posted-by: Rolf Ernst