11.65 tonnes of cannabis seized in Permet warehouse
Albanian police seized 11,650 kg of dried cannabis packed in plastic sacks in an abandoned depot at Përmet on 8 April 2017. Two depot administrators and the Pagri village headman were arrested, with a warrant out for a third administrator.
Albanian police seized about twelve tonnes of cannabis in Përmet in southern
Albania on Saturday 8 April 2017, in what the report called the biggest
operation in months.[1]Officers found 11,650 kg of dried cannabis packed in
plastic sacks in an abandoned depot in the town.[1]Two depot administrators
were arrested at the scene and a warrant was issued for a third.[1]
Police also arrested the headman of Pagri village, and prosecutors were
examining whether police officers were involved in the trafficking.[1]The
report said seizures of tonnes of cannabis were happening almost weekly as
police cracked down on growing and trafficking across the country.[1]
Case data
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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.
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.
