OPERATION / 13 PEOPLE ARRESTED, AMONG THEM ENVER HOXHA’S NEPHEW The laboratory, handcuffs for 2 Colombians OPERATION / 13 PEOPLE ARRESTED, AMONG THEM ENVER HOXHA’S NEPHEW 119 KG OF COCAINE SEIZED The laboratory, handcuffs for 2 Colombians Xibrakë, the drug workshop is uncovered. Ermal Hoxha, the husband of singer Rezarta Shkurta, is arrested. 4 tons of mixing agents and 330 thousand euros are seized By FATMIR POPJA A major international operation carried out by the State Police in cooperation with INTERPOL and EUROPOL has led to the dismantling of a giant drug laboratory in the village of Xibrakë in Elbasan, where cocaine was processed for European markets. During the operation, which began yesterday afternoon, more than 100 kg of raw cocaine and 18.8 kg of pure cocaine were seized. Meanwhile, 13 people have ended up in handcuffs, 10 of them Albanians and 2 Colombians and one Turkish citizen. Further arrests have been announced... On page 6

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