Two tonnes of cannabis seized at Kakome Bay; five arrested days later
Albanian police seized about two tonnes of cannabis bound for Greece in a vehicle at Kakome Bay on the night of 25 April 2012 after its occupants fled, and days later arrested five suspects described as resort owners and guardsmen who had allegedly delayed officers that evening.
🇦🇱 Kakome Bay, south of Tirana, near the Greek border · Albania
Albanian police seized two tonnes of cannabis believed to be bound for Greece
at Kakome Bay, about 240 kilometres south of Tirana, on the night of Wednesday,
25 April 2012.[1][2]The occupants of the vehicle fled after spotting officers
following them, and the drugs were recovered without an immediate arrest.[1][2]
A police statement days later said five suspects considered the main traffickers
had been arrested.[1]They were described as owners of a tourism resort and
guardsmen who had allegedly tried to delay police work that evening.[1]
Police linked the load to smuggling routes into Greece, with the wire account
adding that Albania had become a main supplier of marijuana to Europe and that
more than three and a half tonnes of cannabis had been seized since the start
of the year.[1][2]
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Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The two accounts disagree on the concealment. One says the cannabis was in a small van and the other says it was hidden behind a fake wall in a truck. The two-tonne figure is used here.
The names of the five arrested suspects and any charges against them were not published.
The Tirana Times account is a separate local follow-up with arrests days later rather than a reprint of the wire, but its own sourcing beyond the police statement is not spelled out.
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