Ilir Sefa, from the city of Tirana , was arrested by the police after he was caught receiving a package of drugs that arrived from the United States of America by mail.
In the testimony of the 27-year-old before the court, he said: " I didn't expect the drug. A boy in my neighborhood, named Fabian, told me to go get it at the post office. I didn't know what was inside . "
This new line of narcotics traffic through the mail was born as an idea of ??traffickers from the United States of America to Albania.
The moment of the seizure of cannabis in the mail, video published by the police
Only in the first 3 months of 2024, there were 4 attempts to traffic cannabis by mail from the USA, from which 6 people were arrested and 10 kilograms of cannabis of a very high quality were seized.
The most recent case of attempted cannabis trafficking by mail from the USA was ( March 29, 2024 ), when the Police seized 3.2 kilograms of cannabis, for which 24-year-old Jurgest Luzi and 27-year-old Skënder Vata were arrested.
The administrator of the Albanian Post, Ardit Demiri, told VoxNews that the cases arrested by the State Police were not caught by the institution he leads.
"The 4 cases that were caught by the police did not happen in the offices of the Albanian post office, but in private post offices", the administrator of the Albanian post office told VoxNews.
Drugs with staggering prices entering Albania from the USA
The cannabis that comes by mail from the USA is of high THC content, of a very high quality, among the most " premium " types of this narcotic.

According to experts, this has come about due to the demand of consumers in Tirana, and not only are they always increasing.
This type of cannabis that comes from the USA is intended for the domestic market, for sale, and only one gram is worth 50 euros on the market.
This type of drug is bought at a low price in the USA, at 10,000 dollars per kilogram, but when it is brought to our country, it is sold at a staggering price of up to 50,000 euros per kilogram.
Scheme of how cannabis drugs are brought from the USA to Albania
The traffickers had used the clothing trade as camouflage. After receiving the information, Antidrug of Tirana started investigations for the red-handed arrest of the perpetrators of drug trafficking.
The Anti-Drug Agents posed as postal workers, delivering the package to the customers and arresting the traffickers in the act.
Security expert, Bashkim Selmani, has said that drug trafficking through the mail is a widespread phenomenon and the institutions are only remembered when the US and the EU catch them.
"Currently in Albania, even in social networks where the trade of various goods takes place and the post office is very active, but at the same time I am very convinced that this form is now very active. The post office is protected by privacy, as the package is forbidden to be opened, and this is exactly what was used," said the expert.
Cannabis for "Vipat" that is coming from the USA by mail
The new corridor that was created to bring cannabis to the Albanian market by mail from the USA comes with a high percentage of THC that is served to elite users or known as "VIP" characters, this is because of the high value it carries.
The THC content in cannabis is associated with more frequent and unpleasant side effects such as confusion, vomiting, abnormal and irregular heartbeats, paranoia.

Especially in adolescence, when the brain is developing, it can damage neural connections, reducing learning and memory capacity, causing depression and psychotic disorders.
Sources told VoxNews that private mails have become problematic for the police due to the lack of control of the boxes they transport. While the areas where this type of drug would be distributed are cities such as Tirana , Kamza and Fieri .