Albania destroys marijuana fields to clean up its imageSmall mountainous Albania was for decades Europe’s most isolated country, but now 26 years after toppling communism it has emerged with the unwanted distinction of being the continent’s top marijuana producer. Small mountainous Albania was for decades Europe’s most isolated country, but now 26 years after toppling communism it has emerged with the unwanted distinction of being the continent’s top marijuana producer. Police find its rocky mountainous terrain, where the cannabis is grown, difficult to access. - Hasty retreat -“Since January, the police have carried out more than 1,250 operations… (and) destroyed more than 2.3 million cannabis plants,” says Altin Qato, the head of public security. Sold for between 200 and 300 euros per kilo in Albania, cannabis fetches 10 times that price in Greece and Italy.

Source: Manila Bulletin October 09, 2016 03:44 UTC