A 28-year-old Bulgarian national and a 32-year-old Albanian were arrested on Monday evening at the Sagiada site in extreme NW Thesprotia prefecture and charged with drug smuggling.
According to reports, authorities detected a small van and a car moving suspiciously on a provincial roadway before a brief police chase caused the suspects van to veer off the road.
Police found a total 218 kilos of hashish in the vehicle. An accomplice acting as a precursor in another vehicle was arrested in a nearby village.
The suspects will be led before a local prosecutor.
ANA-MPA
