Some 19 kilograms of pure cocaine were seized by the Italian police in the Gioia Tauro harbor. Preliminary investigation concluded that Albania was the country of destination of this large quantity of drugs, whose value in the market is up to Euro 4 million.

The drugs quantity was found hidden inside a shipment of chickens from Brazil. The seized cocaine would be smuggled in Albania through Durresi harbor.

Italian police is collaborating with the Albanian police for the full discovery of this trafficking network.