613 kilos of coke in Albanian bananas

tirana - The police in Albania intercepted a large batch of cocaine. In the port of Durrës the police discovered 613 kilos worth about 180 million euros in the double bottom of a container loaded with bananas on a ship.

The police arrested a 25-year-old suspect, but the organizer of the transport is still being sought. The drugs were intended for the Italian and Maltese markets. Albania is popular with drug smugglers who transfer their trade via that country to southern and western Europe.