A 32-year-old man, who caused an accident in Sukth by crashing into several trees, has been detained by the Police, after it turned out that he was intoxicated and, moreover, wanted for a prison sentence.
According to the official announcement from the blue uniforms, immediately after the traffic accident was reported, Traffic Police officers went to the scene, where after confirming that the driver was drunk, they discovered that he was wanted for tax fraud.
"Immediately after the notification of a road accident in Sukth, where a vehicle had collided with several trees, the Traffic Police services went to the scene to carry out the necessary procedural actions. Subsequently, an alcohol test was performed on the driver of the vehicle, citizen AD, 32 years old, the result of which, the second time, was 1.29 mg/l.
Further verifications revealed that the 32-year-old was currently wanted, because the Tirana Court, in 2024, sentenced him to 2 years in prison for the criminal offense of "Creating fraud schemes related to value added tax" , the blue uniforms announced.
The young man is accused of administering an entity in 2022 for which fictitious invoices were issued, causing the state a damage of about 300 million lek, along with 12 other people.
The passenger in the vehicle was slightly injured in the accident.