14 arrested, more at large in Albanian marijuana village

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LAZARAT, Albania – Hundreds of police
officers are checking houses in a marijuana-
growing village in southern Albania a day
after gunmen fatally shot a policeman and
wounded two others during a shootout.

Police spokesman Ardi Bita said Thursday
14 out of 21 main suspects have been
detained. Police resumed searching houses
in the morning "without meeting resistance"
in Lazarat, 200 kilometers (125 miles) south
of the capital, Tirana.

Wednesday's shootout came after police
stopped a car transporting weapons and
arrested the driver in an operation to find
suspects who had shot at policemen
stationed in the village overnight.

Lazarat came to prominence last year after
a five-day police siege in which special
police forces with armored personnel
carriers came under intense fire with
automatic weapons and rocket launchers
from local homes.