Greek authorities have seized a large shipment of narcotics near the Greek-Albanian border, marking the second major drug interception in the Igoumenitsa area within the past eight days.

According to police officials, officers from the Narcotics Department of the Criminal Investigation and Prosecution Directorate in Igoumenitsa stopped a rented private vehicle during an early morning operation. The driver, a 61-year-old Greek woman from Moschato, Athens, was taken into custody.

A search of the vehicle led to the seizure of 90 packages containing a total of 96.074 kilograms of marijuana. Authorities also recovered 5.21 grams of cocaine, a small quantity of hashish known as “chocolate hash,” €100 in cash, and two mobile phones.

Greek investigators suspect the narcotics may have been trafficked from southern Albania, potentially originating in the Saranda region and crossing through villages within the Konispol municipality before entering Greece.

The latest seizure follows another significant operation carried out eight days earlier in Nea Selefkia, Igoumenitsa, where approximately 110 kilograms of marijuana were confiscated. In that case, Greek police arrested a Turkish national believed to be involved in the trafficking network.

Greek authorities have informed their Albanian counterparts, including the Saranda Border Police Directorate, about both cases. Albanian border police have since deployed inspection teams along the land border and coastal areas in an effort to identify those responsible for the suspected trafficking operations.

Law enforcement officials are increasingly concerned that drug trafficking routes through the Saranda area may have been reactivated. Over the past ten months, several marijuana trafficking cases have been recorded in the Igoumenitsa region alone, resulting in the seizure of approximately 540 kilograms of narcotics.

In one notable incident, authorities intercepted a speedboat carrying drugs after it sank at sea. The vessel’s operator, a citizen from Saranda, was arrested.

Greek authorities have also reported renewed trafficking activity in the regions of Ioannina, Kastoria, and Thessaloniki. According to official data, approximately 1.2 tons of marijuana have been seized across these areas, including the recent Igoumenitsa cases, during the last ten months.

The ongoing investigations are focused on identifying the criminal networks behind the shipments and determining whether the recent cases are linked to a broader cross-border trafficking operation.