Two Greek policemen wounded in clash with drug traffickers in the Albanian-Greek border

Two police officers from the Drug Enforcement Ioannina were slightly injured during the pursuit of Albanian drug traffickers in the region inaccessible to the Greek-Albanian border and taken to the hospital of Ioannina. But failed to arrest the traffickers and to confiscate 60 kilos of cannabis sativa.

They whole operation lasted more than 12 hours and began when the police found a suspicious car in the border area and put under surveillance. Following a dirt road, the pursued car, abandoned by their occupants, who tried to escape by running towards the nearby forest area.

There was arrested and a second, which he subsequently discovered was the head, tried to escape from the steep area, but police eventually managed to drive the person. The prosecutor in Ioannina continues the work, while the DEA is continuing its investigations to identify other partners of prisoners.