On 31 May 2023 Albanian police announced three coordinated anti-cannabis drives that destroyed 6,262 cannabis seedlings and plants in the Krujë, Lezhë and Shkodër districts.[1] Case files were sent to the prosecutors in Durrës, Lezhë and Shkodër, and the growers behind the plots remained unknown.[1]

In Krujë’s ninth “Territor i pastër” phase, 875 seedlings were found, 580 in Shkretë and 295 on Mount Brret.[1] In Lezhë’s eighth “Imazhi” phase, 4,557 plants were destroyed: 1,700 in Gërnac, 1,335 in Selitë, 1,000 in Kallmet, 289 in Lester and 233 on Mount Shëngjin.[1] In Shkodër’s fourth “Alpe të pastra” phase, 830 plants were found at Sumë in Pult; a small part was kept as material evidence and the rest burned.[1]