Police Seize 1kg of Cocaine, Several Detained in Krushopek

Jerusalem, 20 February, 2020 (TPS) -- One kilogram of a controlled shipment of cocaine has been seized in a fruit storage in the village of Krushopek in Saraj municipality on the outskirts of Skopje. The truck drivers and the storage owner have been detained, while other persons are on the run, the Ministry of Interior told MIA.

The operation, which also involves the Italian and Montenegro police services, targets an international ring trafficking 1,3 tonnes of cocaine.

According to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the police operation is carried out in coordination with prosecutors from Italy’s Calabria region.

More details regarding the operation will be available on Thursday.