613 kg of cocaine tucked in bananas seized in Albania

TIRANA— Albanian police seized 613 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a container of bananas from Colombia on Wednesday, hailing it as the Balkan nation’s biggest haul of the drug ever and as a triumph for its law enforcement efforts. Albania is under heavy Western pressure to step up its fight against drug trafficking and other forms of organized crime as part of its bid to join the European Union.