Another boat with about 1.5 tons of cannabis sativa on board was seized during this afternoon by State Police, in a joint anti-trafficking operation with international partners. |
According to the police statement, three boat runners were arrested after a long chase on the high seas, which started Thursday night and ended around 16 pm of this Friday.
State Police were informed by the Albanian Coast Guard and QNOD about a suspicious vessel moving rapidly south of the country, near Corfu, and immediately announced the Guardia di Finanza and Vlora Border Police, enabled also Frontex device apart from Bari Taranto forces.The Interception of the boat is done close to Calabria, and finally stopped at Greek waters, thanks to informations of Greek Coast Guard./Oculus News