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Albanian police destroyed more than 1,700 marijuana plants in a southern village Monday, authorities said.

Police said they found the plants in 12 parcels and abandoned houses in the village of Lazarat, 230 kilometers (140 miles) south of Tirana and about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the checkpoint of Kakavie, on the border with Greece. No arrests had been made.

Post-communist Albania has become a frequent transit point for smugglers taking people, drugs and weapons into the European Union because of its lax border controls, weak judiciary and corrupt police force.

The international community has told Albania it must curb trafficking if it wants to join the EU and NATO.


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Pubdate: Monday, August 21, 2006 10:18 AM
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