Euronews Albania has provided images from the massive operation that is taking place in the Highlands of Shkodra for the destruction of dozens of plots of cannabis sativa.

The operation was carried out after the coordinates were ascertained by the Italian Guarda di Finanza plane and according to preliminary police information, around 4,200 cannabis plants were destroyed.

Meanwhile, 250 police forces continue the operation in rugged mountainous terrain.

The traffickers used a technique by cultivating small plots in a scattered space with 15-20 plants that were in the ripening stage.

During the last few hours, massive operations were carried out in Kruja and Mirdita, where as a result 4 citizens were arrested, suspected of cultivating narcotic plants.

/Euronews Albania/