705 kg of cannabis found in cucumber truck at the port of Durrës
Albanian border police seized nearly 705 kg of cannabis sativa hidden in a cucumber shipment aboard a Macedonian truck waiting to board the Italy ferry at the port of Durrës on 7 June 2017; the driver was arrested and three more suspects were wanted.
Albanian border police seized a large haul of marijuana hidden in a vegetable
truck at the Port of Durrës as it was waiting to board a ferry to Italy on
7 June 2017.[1]Nearly 705 kilograms of cannabis sativa were found hidden
inside a cucumber shipment, police said.[1]
The driver of the vehicle was arrested.[1]Kiril Filev, 32, and the truck he
was driving were both from neighbouring Macedonia.[1]Police said three more
people were wanted in connection with the shipment but did not release the
suspects’ names.[1]
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Bags of marijuana seized from the cucumber truck, laid out at the Port of DurrësPhoto details
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After a four-month inquiry, Shkodër police stopped a Volkswagen Passat in Guraj, Malësi e Madhe, and seized 265.4 kg of cannabis from the car and two homes. Four men were arrested and three relatives were declared wanted.
State Police announced two arrests at Rinas and the seizure of 61 kg of suspected cannabis in four suitcases. They said the shipment had come from Bangkok and was intended for sale in Albania.
Police arrested a 39-year-old man at Tirana International Airport after finding 19.4 kg of high-THC cannabis in his suitcase on a flight from Thailand. The seizure, made in anti-drug operation Package 6, was valued at 388,000 euros and referred to Tirana prosecutors.
