A cocaine lab run by two Albanian drug dealers has been uncovered and dismantled by drugs squad officers in Haidari.

The lab was found on Monday afternoon, based on a tip-off received by police 10 days earlier that two Albanians were dealing in large quantities of cocaine from a location in west Attica.

The search led police to Haidari, where they located the cocaine lab in a local apartment.

Two Albanian nationals aged 27 and 34 years old, respectively, have been placed under arrest after police found roughly 1.5 kilos of cocaine in their possession. Also confiscated were a gun and a clip containing 16 bullets, 1,450 euro, a private car, a motorcycle and three cell phones.

The two suspects will be led before a public prosecutor on Tuesday.