The increase in the price of oil seems to have increased the smuggling of this product in our country.
The Tirana police announce that they have seized 2,000 liters of contraband oil and an oil pump and as a result have arrested one person and prosecuted another.
As part of the "Diesel 2" operation, the citizen Baftjar Sala was arrested and the citizen GP, both residents of Tirana, was criminally prosecuted.
"From the investigative actions carried out, it has emerged that the citizen Baftjar Sala was carrying out the illegal activity of trading hydrocarbons, in cooperation with the citizen GP, who had employed him. During the inspection of the residence of the citizen Baftjar Sala on the street "Azem Galica", an environment was found adapted to accommodate a fuel pump and a metal deposit, which was filled with 2,000 liters of suspected contraband diesel." it is stated in the Police announcement
The materials were passed to the Prosecutor's Office for further procedural actions.