TIRANA, Sept 1 /ATA/ – The Minister of Interior Bledi Çuçi praised a sweeping anti-drug operation code-named Dobra, underlining “this is another international operation showing high professional capacity and reliability of the Albanian State Police.”
“Albanian police, in close collaboration with the Spanish and German police, through the EUROPOL support, finalized a mega anti-organized crime operation targeting an Albanian criminal group managing cannabis plantations in Spain,” Çuçi said.
“Albanian State Police officers operated in Spain along with their colleagues to dismantle the criminal group. However, the investigation won’t stop here, as investigation into the wealth and assets of the involved suspects in Albania will continue,” Çuçi said.
As many as 107 suspects were arrested in the mega anti-organized crime operation undertaken by police in Albania, Spain, and Germany with the aid of EUROPOL. The arrested included Albanian, Spanish, Slovak and Greek nationals.
Police said that 51 establishments and 23 cannabis cultivation sites were searched and they seized 25.000 cannabis plants, 938 kilos of cannabis, a detonator, two firearms, three luxury cars and 68.760 euros.
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