Three arrested near Bozaj with 17 kg of marijuana for Montenegro
Albanian police arrested three young Albanians near the Bozaj border crossing for allegedly trying to smuggle marijuana into Montenegro. Officers searching their vehicle found 16 packages and a bag in a suitcase holding a suspected total of 17 kilograms of cannabis.
🇦🇱 near Božaj border crossing · Albania
Arrested
3
Cannabis
17 kg
Albanian police arrested three Albanian citizens near the Božaj border crossing
for allegedly trying to smuggle marijuana from Albania into Montenegro.[1]The
three were identified only by initials and ages as KG, aged 20, JK, aged 19, and
EO, aged 22.[1]KG was driving the vehicle in which the group was travelling,
while JK and EO were travelling as passengers.[1]
During a search of the vehicle, officers found 16 packages and a plastic bag
inside a suitcase.[1]Police said the contents were suspected to be cannabis,
with the packages and bag together totalling a suspected 17 kilograms.[1]The
seized load in the vehicle therefore totalled a suspected 17 kilograms of
cannabis.[1]
The stop took place near Božaj, the Albania-Montenegro border crossing named by
police as the interception point.[1]The alleged direction of travel was from
Albania into Montenegro by vehicle.[1]Officers linked all three occupants of
the vehicle to the alleged cross-border smuggling attempt.[1]
Tirana police arrested two residents aged 36 and 50 in Operation Variety on suspicion of selling cocaine and cannabis. Officers seized suspected drug quantities and doses, an imitation pistol with metal bullets, two vehicles and mobile phones.
Lezha police arrested 18-year-old Klevis Paplekaj on suspicion of selling cannabis doses mainly near schools, seizing 83 doses and a mobile phone. The Operation Impulse case under the Clean Schools plan was referred to the Lezha prosecution for further action.
Shkodër police seized more than 56.7 kg of cannabis in ten sacks from woods and a campsite in Koman. Four men were arrested and a fifth, the brother of one of them, was left under investigation at liberty.
Shkodër police arrested three Bajze residents in operation Grabom as they tried to move cannabis across the green border to Montenegro. Officers seized 21.5 kg of cannabis in three bags, plus the transport vehicle and three phones, and sent the case to the Shkodër prosecution for trafficking.
