Two brothers held as Shkodër police seize 76.8 kg of cannabis
Shkodër police arrested two brothers, 49 and 57, closing operation Polinomi 2 with the seizure of 10 kg of cannabis in one home in Abat and about 66.8 kg with a pistol and ammunition in the other in Grudë e Re. The 57-year-old's 24-year-old son was declared wanted, and the case file went to the Shkodër prosecutor's office.
Officers searched the 49-year-old’s home in Abat and found 10 kg of suspected
cannabis sativa, while the search of the 57-year-old’s home in Grudë e Re
produced about 66.8 kg of the same drug packed in bags.[1][2][3]The 57-year-old’s
home search also turned up a pistol with loaded magazines, a pneumatic rifle,
combat and hunting ammunition, weapon accessories, a metal baton, two two-way
radios, an electronic scale and three optical devices.[1]
All three men are suspected of belonging to the criminal group targeted in the
earlier Polinomi operation.[4]The 57-year-old’s 24-year-old son was declared
wanted, and police said work continues to catch him.[4]The police said the
operation followed four months of investigations using proactive methods by the
Shkodër police directorate’s narcotics sector, under the direction of the
prosecutor’s office.[4][3]
The procedural materials were sent to the prosecutor’s office at the Court of
First Instance of General Jurisdiction in Shkodër.[5][2]Voxnews put the total at
about 77 kilograms of cannabis seized along with firearms, ammunition and other
equipment.[6][2]
Photos and video
Image published with the report on the Polinomi 2 seizure in Shkodra, captioned as showing the roughly 77 kg of cannabis and the illegal weapons seized; no photo credit is given.Photo details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Cannabis
76.8 kg
Agency
Shkodër Local Police Directorate
Agency type
Police, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (76.8 kg)
Activity
Possession, Sale
Setting
Home
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Shkodër County
Sources
CNAcna.alAbout 77 kg of cannabis and illegal weapons seized/ 2 brothers handcuffed in Shkodra, nephew wanted
Balkanweb.combalkanweb.comShkodra/ About 77 kg of cannabis, weapons and ammunition seized! Two brothers in handcuffs, son of one of them wanted – Balkanweb.com - News24
Balkanweb.combalkanweb.comShkodra/ About 77 kg of cannabis, weapons and ammunition seized! Two brothers in handcuffs, son of one of them wanted – Balkanweb.com - News24
Shqiptarja.comshqiptarja.comSQOperacion antidrogë në Shkodër, sekuestrohen 77 kg kanabis! Në pranga dy vëllezër, në kërkim 24-vjeçari! Iu gjendet edhe municion (EMRAT+VIDEO)
Euronews Albaniaeuronews.alSQShkodër, sekuestrohet drogë, armë dhe municione. Arrestohen 2 vëllezër, 1 në kërkim (EMRAT)
Voxnews.alvoxnews.alNames/ 77 kg of cannabis seized in Shkodra, two brothers arrested!
Open questions the AI reported
The sources give no separate day for the searches and arrests; 7 November 2026 is the police announcement and publication date, used as the incident date.
The 77 kg figure is the police's rounded total; it consists of the 10 kg from the first home and about 66.8 kg from the second.
Police described the substance as suspected cannabis sativa; no laboratory confirmation was reported.
No charges, custody ruling or court outcome were reported; the procedural materials were referred to the Shkodër prosecutor's office.
The 24-year-old son of the 57-year-old was still wanted when the reports were published.
All the outlets republish the same Shkodër police statement, so the accounts are not independent of each other.
The brothers are named in full by Shqiptarja.com, Voxnews and Euronews Albania but only by initials in the police statement; the report does not record their names.
No value was given for the seized cannabis or weapons.
The accompanying page image is captioned as showing the seized cannabis and weapons, but its content could not be checked beyond that caption, so no separate photos are listed.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Shqiptarja.com: Shkodër police arrested two brothers, aged 49 and 57, in the act as they closed the operation they coded Polinomi 2, a follow-up to the Polinomi operation staged days earlier in the same district.
Balkanweb gives only its publication date of 7 November 2026; it states no separate day for the searches and arrests.
This English page is Balkanweb's translation of its own Albanian article already cited, so it is not independent of the police statement.
A 51-year-old Greek man was arrested in Tirana after police found 24.5 kilograms of cannabis in a suitcase on an Athens–Rinas flight and he left the airport before officers identified him. Police caught him on Rruga e Durrësit and held him on suspicion of drug trafficking.
Tirana police arrested four people and opened criminal proceedings against seven more over violence at the student protest of 7 November 2026, and said one of the four was carrying a quantity of suspected cannabis when searched. Authorities also issued 12 administrative penalties, including a 500,000 lek fine on a masked protester who threw stones at police and the Prime Minister's Office.
Fier police arrested four men accused of distributing drugs near schools in the Fier district, seizing 2.9 kg of suspected cannabis, scales and phones. A fifth suspect was still wanted under a court-ordered prison-arrest measure after the Clean School operation.
Vau i Dejës police detained a 57-year-old Shkodra man as a suspected accomplice in growing 78 cannabis plants and producing 24.24 kg of cannabis found in Vila village. The Operation Vila case was sent to the Shkodra prosecution while inquiries continue for others involved.
