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| Polizia Locale showing the amount of heroin seized by the Albanian |
Italian media report that the arrested is the 28-year-old Albanian Regis Hoxha, a resident in the region of Umbria without a criminal record and with a regular residence permit in Italy, who is accused of selling narcotics.
In an apartment were seized about 22 kg of narcotics consisting of 19 kg of methamphetamine, 2.5 kg of heroin, and half a kg of cocaine, which is estimated at 260 thousand euros.
Preliminary investigations by Italian police authorities suspect that the arrested Albanian is a drug courier who was preparing to sell narcotics during the winter holidays in the province of Rimini.