Drugs

Guardia di Finanza seized on Sunday in Brindisi a speedboat trying to traffic 550 kg of marijuana from Albania. The Italian guard managed to stop the 6.5m long vehicle after a few hours of offshore pursuit. A 29-year-old Albanian trafficker and a 33-year-old Italian were arrested.The Guardia di Finanza ‘s agents seized 67 bags of...

Guardia di Finanza has caught 2 Albanians and one Italian citizen, while trying to smuggle 1 ton of marijuana worth 10 million Euros. M.A 34, A.E 30, from Vlora city and one 65-years old Italian citizen got arrested. The Guardia di Finanza’s operation took place on the shore of Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy, thanks...

Two Albanians were arrested on Monday in Italy for drug trafficking. They were caught during the operation coded “Bogoda’” by the Italian authorities, where four people were arrested in the area between Lecce and Brindisi, two of whom were Albanian. The Albanians arrested are M.M, 29, and E.L, 38. The organization is divided into several...

An Albanian man was arrested by the Italian authorities after he was caught with a big amount of cocaine. A.R, 42, was detained during a normal police control in a highway on May 29th. Authorities discovered a cavity in the car trunk, where the Albanian had kept 5 kilos of heroin and 60 grams of...

11 persons involved in drugs smuggling, have been arrested as a result of an international operation between Italian, Albanian and Spanish police. The criminal group includes Albanian residents in Rome and Italian citizens. Cocaine was smuggled from Spain and the Netherlands to Italy. After it was distributed in the main neighborhoods of Rome and other...

Chief Prosecutor Arta Marku attended the annual analysis in Korça city. During this meeting, Marku spoke again about drugs and said that investigations should continue, although a good job has been done so far. “We support the investigation on the fight against drugs, where, despite the success achieved, it makes it necessary for the prosecution...

Democratic Party leader Lulzim Basha in a declaration for the media announced that the opposition has filed a request demanding the establishment of a commission for the “Tahiri” issue. The Commission will focus on verifying the Parliament’s decision to not allow Tahiri’s arrest, and also on the actions of the Prime Minister and other government...

STATEN ISLAND, New York (WABC) — Eleven reputed mobsters were arrested in connection with a heroin and fentanyl ring that distributed the drugs to Staten Island, Brooklyn and New Jersey.The suspects, named in a federal indictment, were arrested Wednesday morning on Staten Island — where the ring was based. They are described as reputed Albanian...

Five people charged of delivering drugs in small quantities, were arrested in Tirana. They are Elton Hasnjoku, 41, resident in Tirana, Armand Pisha, 28, , Migen Jani, 34, Shpetim Myrta, 51, , previously convicted and Mariglen Gostima, 26, all of them residents in Elbasan city, also previously convicted. Police said in a statement that their...