500 SPECIAL FORCES ATTACK THE CANNABIS VILLAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME IMAGES OF THE A1REPORT ASSAILANTS IN THE PHOTO: The A1Report television car was burned yesterday at the entrance to the village of Lazarat (top left) Hashish being burned in the plots of Razip (Gatë) Malhmutaj in Lazarat, (bottom left) Police during the operation Traffickers lay an ambush and shoot at the A1Report film crew, burning the car, cameras and live broadcast equipment: Residents save the four colleagues. A multi-hour battle with anti-tank weapons and mortars against the police. Finally the blue uniforms enter the village, burning thousands of seedlings. During the night the traffickers themselves set fire to their cannabis warehouses ► SPECIAL ON PAGES 2-8

BY GERTI XHAJA This is how they saved us from the traffickers’ trap “We will kill you..., what are you doing here, why have you come. Do you know who is in charge here or not...? Do you know where you are...?”. These are the threatening shouts that were coming out at once amid the bursts of... ► continued on page 2

INTERVIEW “The rise of some anti-Western groups among Albanians, indoctrinated by extremist religious ideologies, is an act of ingratitude” ► PAGES 18-19

“MY FANTASTIC ALBANIA” On 11-13 June, the National Conference of Protected Areas of Albania was held for the first time, a... ► PAGE 15

Editorial BY Genc Kondi The End of the Empire of Confusion? ► On page 17

Political satire BY ARBEN DUKA A demagogue in the Presidency.. ► On page 22

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