The Albanian police seized 15 tons of marijuana on Friday during a large scale anti-narcotics raid in Llakatund village, part of Vlora district.

Several people, whose names have not been unveiled yet, were also detained by the police on suspicions of being involved in this illicit affair.

Five machine guns were seized along with the large narcotics quantity in quality of material proofs.

Further details about this large drug bust are expected to be given by the State Police during the next hours.

The State Police General Director, Haki �ako visited the Vlora Police Directory and thanked the police officers that participated in this successful raid.

�The preliminary analysis indicates an optimistic situation. Anyway, we should �not sleep on the laurels� but continue this large scale raid successfully fulfilling this priority of the government�s work,� stated �ako.