Global Courant 2023-04-11 15:21:40
The actions of the Albanians continue to remain under the scrutiny of the British media.
The Daily Telegraph writes today that Albanian criminal groups are trying to smuggle weapons into Great Britain through the port of Durrës, where the British government is obliged to strengthen security.
Police, it said, found eight Glock pistols with ammunition hidden in a food van at the port on Monday night. The weapons were discovered by the Albanian police who used the scan before the Mercedes Benz vehicle was targeted for Ancona in Italy.
The van had UK number plates and, according to police sources, its destination was an address in Luton. The driver has already been arrested and is being interrogated. But he claims that he has no knowledge of weapons and that he simply had to deliver food to the British relatives of an Albanian, whom he says he has never met before.
The newspaper points out that the port of Durrës, which is undergoing an inherent expansion, was identified by both the UK and Albania last year as a possible source of smuggling, as a series of law enforcement e-mails showed, which then flowed in the media.
The emails in question showed that the British Border Force planned to deploy its officers to Albania to help “tailor” plans to expand the port and advise on security measures that could be taken to combat illegal immigration and imports. of cocaine in Europe by organized crime gangs.
Their role would focus especially on the port of Durres and Durres and Porto Romano to “assess container traffic, Ro/Ro, passengers, law enforcement IT systems, and their current operational capabilities.
Police say Albanian criminals have run large parts of the UK cocaine market for two decades, but in recent years they have also replaced the Vietnamese as the biggest supplier of UK-grown cannabis through “farms”. hidden in homes and industrial properties.
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