Tag: drug
Macedonia 04.08.23 | 16:13

Cystic fibrosis patients affected by lack of another drug

Patients suffering from cystic fibrosis are warning that they’re her without the necessary drug creon. This comes on top of the prolonged lack of another drug, trikafta, in the public healthcare system. The extreme cost of this drug, and the lack of a publicly funded supply. led to the death of...
Macedonia 08.03.22 | 20:12

Police officer and a drug gangster arrested after the bank robbery in Skopje

Special police units detained a police officer and a narco mafia member after the armed robbery of a bank in Skopje today. An Uni Bank branch in the Kapistec part of Skopje was hit around noon by three armed attackers, during which one of them fired once. Police officers found bullet proof vests, gloves,...
Macedonia 31.03.21 | 20:51

Police reveals the names of the drug gang leaders who were tipped off before last week’s raids and fled

The Interior Ministry today published the names of six suspected drug runners who fled before the major raids carried out in and around Skopje last week. Meanwhile, it’s being reported that police officers are being questioned in search to find the leak of the information. The police raided locations...
Macedonia 25.03.21 | 13:05

Large drug raid in Skopje nets 21 suspects from the Albanian mafia

The police detained 21 suspects in the large raid against an Albanian drug gang in the village of Grcec, near Skopje, and several other locations in the capital. Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska said that the group was followed for a year, but that an investigation of its finances was not conducted, because...
Macedonia 06.02.21 | 13:53

Three vehicles and money from drug sales seized in police operation in Prilep

Police arrested six people and seized three vehicles and money for which there is evidence that they come from the sale of drugs, marijuana, cocaine, mobile phones and other items during raids at 16 locations in Prilep, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Interior, Toni Angelovski. He informed that since...
Macedonia 22.01.21 | 11:16

Drug dealer arrested in Skopje

A 28 year old man from Skopje was arrested after the police found a small quantity of marijuana, hashish and amphetamines in an apartment he was renting. The officers also found a digital scale, and other drug paraphernalia. The raid was carried out in the center of Skopje.
Balkans 10.06.20 | 10:18

Turkey to locally develop COVID-19 drug, Erdoğan says

Turkey will locally develop and produce favipiravir, a drug used in COVID-19 treatment, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Tuesday. Turkish scientists were able to synthesize the drug’s active ingredient and it will be available for coronavirus treatment after the registration process is completed,...
Macedonia 03.02.20 | 22:56

Adviser to Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce arrested on drug charges

A police patrol arrested an adviser to Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce on a drug charge in the Skopje city park. The police identified the arrested man only as G.G., but confirmed that he is employed in the Healthcare Ministry. The charge is for marijuana use.

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