
Other details regarding the international anti-drug operation, where the Guardia di Finanza, the US DEA and the Albanian police hit a criminal group in the Kurb of drug trafficking, are revealed.
It is known that the traffickers set fire to a boat when the police forces approached, in which there were also packages of drugs.
According to the deputy police director Sokol Bizhga, the operation started at 22:00 on the evening of August 14 and ended yesterday afternoon at 18:00.
He said the traffickers set fire to a boat containing drugs and other paraphernalia as soon as they spotted the police. During the operation, weapons and cash were seized: 45,000 euros, 25 million old lek, pounds, Swiss francs and Turkish liras.
Similarly, 25 kg of cannabis were found near the place where the boat sank, 6 people, Albanians and foreigners, were arrested from the operation.
Arrest warrants were signed for only 6 people, among them Ardit Ismailuka, a former police officer.
It is also known that checks were carried out in a luxury complex in Fushë-Kuqe where two weapons were found.
During the operation, a criminal group based in Fushë-Kuqe, Kurbin was hit as they traded cannabis for heroin and cocaine.