Croatian police have broken an international arms and drugs trafficking ring and detained seven suspects, the interior ministry here said on Monday. The arms, bound for Germany and the Netherlands, were smuggled from neighbouring Bosnia, while a probe revealed that a 'larger amount of drugs' was being brought illegally from the Netherlands into Croatia, a ministry statement said. Seven Croatian nationals, suspected of being part of the trafficking ring, were detained on Sunday while searches of several apartments and vehicles have been conducted, it said. Police from several countries cooperated in the operation, it added, without revealing the amount or type of smuggled arms and drugs. Croatia lies on the so-called Balkans route used by criminals to smuggle people, drugs and arms towards the European Union. 