170 kg of cannabis were seized 20 miles from Brindisi.

30/06/2016 00:00

The vessel was detected by a German helicopter, engaged in an EU operation during a patrolling mission in the Adriatic.

Helicopter has found that nthe vessel had packages inside that were similar to the ones used for drug.

They informed the Italian police which followed the vessel, but the packages were thrown to sea, close to the Albanian shores.

Albanian authorities have been warned and the vessel has been localized, while Italian police is investigating to find out who received the drug in Italy.

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