A 32-year-old man was arrested as part of the police operation codenamed " Delivery 1 ".
He was caught receiving 2 packages of about 4 kg of Cannabis, with a high percentage of THC, at a post office in Elbasan. The drugs came from the USA.
Meanwhile, in operation " Dërgesa 2 ", a 21-year-old man was identified and declared wanted after he was suspected of receiving a package containing about 3.7 kg of Cannabis, with a high percentage of THC, at a post office in Vora.
Work is underway to capture the 21-year-old, as well as to identify and bring to criminal responsibility the citizens who ordered the narcotics.
Police announcement:
Intensive investigations and complex operational actions are continuing against cases of trafficking from the US of Cannabis with a high THC percentage, with the aim of selling it in Tirana.
In 24 hours, 2 cases of this criminal activity were reported.
3 packages containing 7.7 kg of Cannabis Sativa with a high THC percentage were seized.
The recipient of a package in Elbasan is arrested.
The citizen suspected of receiving the next package in Vora is identified and declared wanted.
The number of Cannabis trafficking cases from the US, cracked down on this week by the Tirana Police, has reached 5.
In total, about 10 kg of Cannabis with a high THC percentage were seized and 8 citizens implicated in this criminal activity were identified.
The Narcotics Investigation Section and the Tirana Prosecution Office, in cooperation with the Special Operations Force, the Rinas Police Commissariat and the Albanian Post Transit Center Branch, recently conducted:
-operation "Dërgesa 1" , during which a 32-year-old RH citizen was arrested in flagrante delicto, receiving 2 packages of approximately 4 kg of Cannabis, with a high percentage of THC, at a post office in Elbasan;
-Operation "Shipment 2" , during which citizen FI, 21 years old, was identified and declared wanted, as he was suspected of receiving a package containing approximately 3.7 kg of Cannabis, with a high percentage of THC, at a post office in Vora.
Work is underway to capture the 21-year-old, as well as to identify and bring to criminal responsibility the citizens who ordered the narcotics.
The procedural materials were referred to the Tirana Prosecutor's Office for further action.