Rented premises 'nest of drug laboratories', cocaine and cannabis seized in Shkodra!

2026-04-22 10:00:19Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

A rented premises in the "Manush Alimani" neighborhood in Shkodra, used for hiding and preparing narcotics for sale, has been discovered by the Police as part of the operation codenamed "Target Group".

During the intervention, two young men, 18 and 20 years old, were caught red-handed with doses of cocaine and cannabis ready for distribution, mainly to young people, while one of their associates has been declared wanted.

During the searches, significant quantities of drugs, hundreds of packaging bags, electronic scales, a cold weapon, a motorcycle, and money suspected of being the proceeds of criminal activity were seized, revealing an organized base for the distribution of narcotics in the city.

Police announcement:

Successive operations to crack down on criminal activities in the field of narcotics continue.

A rented space was discovered, where it was used to hide narcotics and prepare them for sale.

2 citizens are caught red-handed and put in handcuffs.

Their accomplice is wanted.

The narcotics cocaine and Cannabis Sativa, pharmaceutical bags for their packaging, 5 electronic scales, 1 cold weapon, 1 motor vehicle used for this criminal activity and a sum of money suspected to have been obtained from it were seized.

The Narcotics Investigation Specialists of the Shkodra Police Department, in cooperation with the Operational Support Section and the "Eagle" Special Force, based on information provided about the sale of narcotics in the city of Shkodra, organized and finalized the operation codenamed "Target Group".

As a result of the operation, citizens NF, 18 years old, and KZ, 20 years old, both residents of Shkodra, were arrested. They were caught red-handed by the Police services, in the "Manush Alimani" neighborhood, with doses of suspected narcotics cocaine and Cannabis Sativa, which they possessed with the intention of selling, mainly to young people.

Also, their associate, citizen LA, 23 years old, resident of Shkodra, was declared wanted.

This citizen had rented a premises in the "Manush Alimani" neighborhood, where, together with the two arrested citizens, they hid the narcotics and prepared them in doses for sale.

As material evidence, a large quantity of doses of suspected narcotics, cocaine and Cannabis Sativa, hundreds of pharmaceutical bags for their packaging, 5 electronic scales, 2 mobile phones, 1 cold weapon (metal baton), 1 motor vehicle used for this criminal activity and a sum of money suspected to have been obtained from it were seized.

Work continues to capture the wanted citizen and fully document this criminal activity.

The procedural materials were transferred to the Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Shkodra, for further investigative actions.


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