Pubdate: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 Source: Associated Press Copyright: 1999 Associated Press TURKISH COPS GRAB 365 LBS OF HEROIN ISTANBUL, Turkey - A suspected drug smuggler committed suicide by throwing himself out of the fifth-floor window of a police station after police detained him and seized 365 pounds of heroin, a news agency reported. The man, who was detained along with two other suspects, died of his injuries Thursday while being rushed to a hospital, Istanbul police chief Hasan Ozdemir told the Anatolia news agency. Officials of the narcotics squad said they had warned police that Solmaz had psychological problems and might commit suicide, the news agency reported. Solmaz was suspected of organizing the transfer of the heroin -- which was seized before his arrest in a truck in the outskirts of Istanbul - -- from Iran to the Netherlands. The drugs had an estimated street value of $1.1 million. Turkey is a major transit point for drugs moving from Asia and the Middle East to Europe and North America. - --- MAP posted-by: Derek Rea