Isis flood Europe with Mafia marijuana

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Islamic extremists raising cash for terror campaign by running cannabis farms

SICK ISIS fanatics have seized control of £4bn drug ring and are using it to further fund their twisted terror campaign.

The caliphate, which has taken charge of a Mafia marijuana growing operation in the rural mountains of Albania, is running cannabis farms in the area and shipping the drug to Britain.

The Islamic extremists moved into the lucrative narcotics trade following a 2014 raid which saw security services fight their way into an Albanian Mafia HQ in the village of Lazarat.

 

Albanian police
 

Danger ... an Albanian police officer examines scene in Lazarat CEN

But far from stifling an industry at odds with the values of Islamist doctrine, the terror group instead saw a chance to exploit a potentially profitable situation.

They now actively recruit in the area – often from...

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