Tahiri: Albania's No Longer a Country of Origin for Cultivation and Trafficking of Narcotic Plants

Minister of Interior Affairs, Saimir Tahiri said that the Progress-report of EC on Albania, evaluated the work done on security. In a press conference, Tahiri said that, Albania currently is no longer among the black list of those countries which cultivate narcotic plants, underlining that in 2015, has been cultivated eight times less drugs compared to the previous year. 

During this conference, he asked even the support of the opposition to encourage police on the war against informality. "Opposition should support more State police on their work to make Albania a safer place. We will do everything in the war against lawbreakers and informality," said Tahiri. 


November 18, 2015


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