Smuggled cigarettes bound for Albania

TIRANA, Jan. 3 – Greek media reported that their authorities had seized 3,000 cartons of contraband cigarettes at the port on the island of Crete.
Greek ANA-MPA news agency reported that authorized had found a Bolivian-flagged ship, which sailed off from the Turkish part of the island of Cyprus to Albania. The crew members were detained and the ship was also seized.
The vessel, identified as the “Romeo”, had left the port of Famagusta, in the Turkish occupied part of Cyprus, heading for a port in Albania, while the nine seamen on board told authorities they were unaware of the cargo’s content.
The confiscation of the contraband cargo was confirmed late on Friday afternoon by the Hania harbor master, who said that the vessel was in the gulf of Kissamos due to the weather conditions and was considered suspicious since it had attracted the attention of the authorities in the past as well.