Sunday, September 13, 2009

ORGANIZED CRIME

Italian police seize Albanian marijuana

ROME, Italy

Italian police announced on Friday (September 11th) they have seized 145kg of marijuana produced in Albania. Two Albanian nationals were arrested in the operation, carried out 20km south of the coastal town of Lecce.

Another person involved in the group has managed to escape. Italian police have warned of a recent surge in cases involving Albanian drug smugglers.

On Thursday, police in Albania seized 80kg of marijuana hidden in a car travelling from Kruje to Fushe Kruje. An automatic rifle was also found. The drugs were en route to Drac, and from there slated to be smuggled into Italy. Two people were arrested in the sting.

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