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Largest Ever Marijuana Plantation, Lazarat - Albania Cannabis Cultivation
- Published_at:2013-08-16
- Category:People & Blogs
- Channel:TVonIine
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- description: Europe's marijuana capital isn't Amsterdam An outlaw Albanian village has built a fortune from the cultivation of cannabis worth as much as half the country's GDP, and it's off-limits to the police. GJIROKASTRA, Albania — The last time police tried to enter the mountainside village of Lazarat near this historic southern city last summer, they prompted a ferocious firefight a local police commissioner describes as "very much like a real war." Speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of being ostracized, he said he was part of a special forces operation during which sniper units occupied high ground as SWAT teams moved in to arrest a handful of people working in fields surrounding the village. They were no ordinary fields: Lazarat is known as Albania's drug capital, notorious for its cannabis and lawlessness. The annual crop earns almost $6 billion, according to the Italian financial police. Although local police dispute that figure, they admit that marijuana production is booming. related - Chris Christie Agrees to Ease Access to Medical Marijuana for Kids
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