Another case of drug distribution by foreign citizens has been cracked down on by police, this time in Dhërmi.
Two citizens, a Malaysian and a British man, aged 30 and 22 respectively, have been arrested, and drug doses have been seized.
The Malaysian was caught with cocaine and cannabis, while the Briton was caught with doses of cocaine and ecstasy.
Police announcement:
Intensive controls in coastal areas, 2 cases of drug sales in Dhërmi are detected.
Specialists of the Narcotics Investigation Section of the Vlora Police Department, in cooperation with the services of the Dhërmi Police Station, within the framework of the plan of measures to crack down on criminal activities in the field of narcotics, especially in tourist areas, have conducted increased controls in the village of Dhërmi.
As a result of the checks carried out, 2 cases of drug sales were detected, for which the following citizens were arrested in flagrante delicto:
JS, 30 years old, Malaysian citizen, who was staying in an apartment in the village of Dhërmi. During the search of the apartment premises, several doses of suspected narcotics cannabis sativa and cocaine were found and seized;
OS, 22 years old, British citizen, who during a physical search in Dhërmi, was found to have several doses of the suspected narcotic substance cocaine and several ecstasy tablets, which were seized as material evidence.
The procedural materials were referred to the Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Vlora, for the criminal offense of "Production and sale of narcotics".