17 minutes agoOver 500kg of marijuana caught in northern Macedonia, coming from Kosovo
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Police in northern Macedonia said on Sunday they have hit an international network of drug smugglers in two separate operations in the south of the country, catching over 500kg of marijuana and arresting three men. The country's Interior Ministry spokesman, Tony Agelovski, said in a written statement Sunday [...]
The country's Interior Ministry spokesman, Tony Agelovski, said in a written statement Sunday that 424kg of marijuana packed in 519 plastic bags were found hidden in a garbage truck Saturday evening at a border point with Greece, the AP reports.
Drugs, originally from Kosovo, would be transported through northern Macedonia and Greece to the black market in Turkey.
Police said a 47-year-old man, identified only by his initials as D.N., was arrested under suspicion of illegal drug smuggling.
In a separate operation near the southern border city of Gevgelija, police and border patrol detained a car during a routine search and found 93kg of marijuana. Two men tried to escape but were arrested.
