Mayors of Epirus : " To return again the Greek Army with borders Albania FYROM"

The war against drugs in the Greek-Albanian borders
The drug squad police in Epirus are faced daily with organized crime and drug trafficking from Albania to Greece. The area is a natural bridge of smuggling in the 240 km borders, while the terrain supports illegal activities. The police confiscated 12 tons of hashish in 2012, while the amount of confiscated drugs reaches seven tons from the beginning of the year.




The return of the Greek Army in border with Albania and perhaps with Skopje, the municipalities seeking friendship of Pogoniou, Konitsas, Filates and Nestorius, in order to address the invasion " illegal " and the trafficking of weapons and drugs have turned the area into normality.

The decision was taken during a joint meeting held in the Miunicipalirt of Pogoniou, near Kalpaki, Ioannina.

The mayor of Konitsas, Panagiotis Gargalas, told ANA- MPA that " should finally the state, beyond the promises be activated on the merits ." "For the common problem of border municipalities asking for a meeting with the Prime Minister and relevant ministers," he added .

Also , application of mayors is to become a special study to guard the border with electronic monitoring systems , which will join the new ESPA .

The four mayors restore the standing request to strengthen the weakened military outposts and border guards to return to the border and the border village .

The Greek Army has left the Epirus Region, due to the continuous reduction of office and supposedly replaced by border guards but they are too few in number, disorganized, untrained and unsuitable weapons specifically for night operations ...

Greek Army , unfortunately there is not enough to cover the northern border ...