Interior Minister, Taulant Balla has called this Thursday on the State Police and other agencies to intensify work against criminal groups that distribute narcotics.

According to Balla, busts get more value when it comes to group leaders.

Meanwhile, he welcomed the recent police operations in the capital and Saranda.

"State Police is attacking the networks of narcotics distributors, scoring concrete results, such as the recent actions in Tirana and Saranda. While I expect more results in the coming days, I reiterate the necessity to go to the "heads" of these criminal groups as soon as possible", underlined the Minister.

On the eve of the start of the new school year, where tomorrow Balla and the Minister of Education Kushi will present a detailed plan to increase security in schools, the Minister of the Interior invited the citizens to help the authorities in this battle against illegality.

"The public and every Albanian family expect the State Police to take more responsibility towards every young man and woman, even teenagers, who today do not know enough about the great risks to their health and families, as they fall into the trap of narcotics. Therefore, the State Police must make the destruction of the networks of drug dealers a top priority," wrote Balla.