Police seize 1.24 tons of cannabis in southwestern Albania
TIRANA, Albania – Albanian police say they have seized 1.24 metric tons (1.37 tons) of cannabis found in a vehicle on its southwestern coast.
Police said in a statement Friday that the drugs were found crammed into 116 packages in a small truck at a beach near the city of Vlora, 140 kilometres (85 miles) southwest of the capital, Tirana. Two other four-wheel drive vehicles and a trailer were found abandoned nearby.
No arrests have been made and an investigation is ongoing.
This year, Albanian authorities have destroyed about 2.5 million cannabis plants — four times more than during the previous year. They have also seized several metric tons of cannabis from boats, ready to be sent to neighbouring Italy and Greece.
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