EMRI/ Tried to smuggle 10 paintings worth 25 thousand euros from the Port of Durres, the van driver was arrested!

2025-05-02 12:01:58Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

EMRI/ Tried to smuggle 10 paintings worth 25 thousand euros from the Port of

A Kasem Qato was arrested at the Port of Durres after attempting to traffic 10 paintings worth 25 thousand euros.

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Police announcement :

Border Police crack down on attempted art trafficking case.

10 paintings worth around 25,000 euros were seized.

The driver of the van where the paintings were found was arrested in flagrante delicto.

Two citizens, suspected of being collaborators in this case, are identified and declared wanted.

Following the work based on risk analysis, carried out by the Border Police of the Port Durrës BCP, at the entry/exit of the country, with the aim of preventing and combating crimes at the border, at the exit of Albania, the van driven by citizen Kasem Qato was moved to the second line for detailed inspection.

From the checks on this vehicle, 10 undeclared works of art (paintings) were found, for which this citizen did not have any documents proving their origin or ownership.

Following the procedural actions in the case, citizen KQ, 37 years old, resident of Elbasan, was arrested in flagrante delicto.

Also, citizens QH, 25 years old, resident of Fier, and GN, 53 years old, resident of Durrës, were declared wanted, as the investigations suspect them to be collaborators of citizen KQ, for trafficking in paintings. Work continues to capture them and to fully document this case.

The procedural materials were passed to the Durrës Prosecutor's Office for further action, for the criminal offense of "Trafficking in works of art and culture", committed in collaboration.


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