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Captured with cocaine worth 400 thousand pounds and another 340 thousand cash, 4 Albanians are arrested in London

Captured with cocaine worth 400 thousand pounds and another 340 thousand cash, 4

Four members suspected of being part of an Albanian organized criminal group have fallen into the hands of London police. They are charged with money laundering and drug trafficking after 3 340,000 in cash and a quantity of cocaine worth ,000 400,000 were seized.

Police conducted the operation at several addresses in London and Essex and handcuffed Rrustem Dautin, 30, and Fisnik Kurtucain, 32, who are accused of money laundering after being found in a bag of approximately ,000 100,000.

Florian Meshi, 22, was also handcuffed for immigration violations and drug trafficking. At his home police seized ,000 140,000 and a cocaine-cutting agent.

At Mesh's house, police also arrested a fourth person, Azem Gashi, 26, who was found with 4 kilos of cocaine in the apartment and ,000 100,000.

The four Albanians were brought before the court for the security measure and the next hearing was scheduled for February 12.

The head of the police operation, Matt McMillan said that work will continue to find other individuals involved in this drug trafficking network.

Article taken from NCA, translated and adapted into Albanian by Tiranapost.al.