Off the wire
Roundup: Norway raises threat level after teen arrested for carrying explosive  • Morocco strongly condemns church terrorist attacks in Egypt  • Trump's proposals on family leave, infrastructure spending most popular: poll  • News Analysis: Egypt church attacks motivated by IS decline in Sinai: experts  • "Boss Boy" tops North American box office for second weekend  • Roundup: Swedish police confirm identity of Stockholm truck attack suspect  • Roundup: Egypt declares 3-month emergency state after deadly church blasts  • French hard-left presidential candidate Melenchon improves to third place: poll  • Algeria, EU agree to boost counterterrorism cooperation  • Algeria urges avoiding military escalation in Syria  
You are here:   Home

Police seize 11.6 tonnes of cannabis in south Albanian warehouse

Xinhua, April 10, 2017 Adjust font size:

The Albanian police mounted an anti-narcotics operation in the south of Albania which resulted in the seizure of 11.6 tonnes of cannabis in the city of Permet, state police said Sunday.

According to a police statement, during a raid on a warehouse in the village of Pagri, Permet, the police officers found the huge amount of narcotic plant.

Albanian police spokesperson Genti Mullahi said in a press statement Sunday that two police chiefs in Permet and Gjirokastra districts were dismissed, an inspector was ousted from police structures while five police officers would face with administrative measures.

Meanwhile, police arrested two of the administrators of the warehouse where the cannabis was found. Police are searching for a third person. Endit