The adaptation of houses into cannabis farms is becoming a worrying phenomenon, said on Friday former police chief Arben Hajdarmataj in an interview for Euronews Albania.
At least 15 farms were busted this year, according to official police data.
Last year, the police discovered 26 homes that were adapted as cannabis farms.
The devices used to create an adequate environment for the cultivation of cannabis cost around €15,000.
Hajdarmataj says traffickers have opted for this method as the plant grows faster and it attracts less attention.
The only problem is that the lamps used spend too much electricity.
But according to the former police chief, growers have found a way out of this problem. Usually, they cooperate with the employees of the electrical supply company in order to intervene with the power measuring system.
Hajdarmataj says the technique is exported from other countries. Now Albanian traffickers are employing experts from abroad in order to intervene in the system that records how much electricity a household spends.
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