
An Albanian with Canadian citizenship has been arrested at Rinas Airport in Tirana after attempting to smuggle firearms and ammunition from Albania to Germany.
The blue uniforms indicate that within the framework of the police operation codenamed " Transit ", the Albanian citizen with Canadian citizenship AQ, residing in Canada, was caught red-handed at the exit from Albania and was put in handcuffs.
From the scanner check, in the luggage of this citizen, 1 firearm, a pistol with combat ammunition, was found and seized as material evidence.
Intensification of controls by the Border Police hits a case of attempted trafficking of firearms, in transit, from Albania to Germany.
1 firearm, pistol, with combat ammunition, was seized.
Police announcement:
Its possessor is arrested in flagrante delicto.
As a result of dedicated controls, based on risk analysis and police intelligence information, intensified due to the influx of entry/exit traffic, the Border Police services of the Rinas BCP, in cooperation with the security services at the Rinas airport, finalized the police operation codenamed "Transit", within the framework of which a case of an attempt to traffic firearms from Albania to Germany was foiled.
During this operation, the Albanian citizen with Canadian citizenship AQ, residing in Canada, was caught red-handed at the exit from Albania and was put in handcuffs.
From the scanner check, in the luggage of this citizen, 1 firearm, a pistol with combat ammunition, was found and seized as material evidence.
The procedural materials were transferred to the Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Tirana, for further action, for the criminal offense of "Trafficking in weapons and ammunition".