
The Guardia di Finanza has made public the images of yesterday's operation on the shores of the Ionian Sea where 1 ton of marijuana was seized.
3 Albanians and 2 Ukrainians were captured while exchanging drugs in the open sea.
Three speedboats had left Albania loaded with 1 ton of marijuana, while a sailing ship driven by two Ukrainians sank in the depths of the Ionian Sea.
At the moment of the cliff, the Guardia di Finanza intervened and arrested two Ukrainians Bychkovi Serhii and Senkevych Serhii, 43 and 62 years old.
While 3 Albanians Arbër Saraseli, 31 years old, Saverjo Imeraj, 22 years old and Qemal Pekmezi, 19 years old were blocked and arrested by the Vlora police.
The drugs were divided into different blocks and bags.
From this operation, 3 boats were seized, with which it is suspected that the narcotic substance was transported to the depths of the Ionian Sea, where it was delivered to the sailing ship in the waters of Santa Maria di Leuca in Lecce.
The anti-drug operation started yesterday evening on the coast of Santa Maria di Leuca, when a Guardia di Finanza helicopter, which carried out the flight on behalf of Frontex (European Border and Coast Guard Agency), spotted three people in the Ionian Sea unloading packages on a sailboat.
On board the ship, which was then taken to the port of Città Bella, 992 kilograms of cannabis were found, divided into 153 packages, each weighing between 6 and 8 kilograms.
The two Ukrainians declared yesterday that they were promised a sum of money to make this trip.
According to the statements of the two arrested Ukrainians, the boat was "given to them by an Italian citizen and they were told to "go to Albania".