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The sensational hit in Sweden/ How 1.5 tons of cocaine were robbed by the "Angel of Death" and who are the 4 thieves included in the file (NAMES)

2026-03-10 08:38:53Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The room where the cocaine was kept before the robbery. Photo: Swedish authorities' court file.

At midnight on May 17, 2025, a Ukrainian student, a resident of Farborets väg 3 in Malmo, Sweden, was awakened along with her mother by a loud noise, similar to breaking glass on the ground.

She went out to see what was happening at the window and found herself confronted by a terrifying sight, where silhouettes of men dressed in black and wearing masks were running in the darkness towards a parking garage. Other witnesses saw the masked men loading suspicious packages into cars and driving away on motorbikes.

“A car drove past at speed, making a grinding, scary tire noise,” the Ukrainian student told Swedish police after the incident.

Initially notified of a violent robbery, the police found a surreal scene at the scene.

More than 231 kilograms of cocaine with a market value of 23 million euros was found scattered in the yard, on the street, on the stairs, and inside an apartment.

Some of the packages were stamped with the “Manchester City” logo – they had fallen to the ground in the robbers’ haste, having been removed from IKEA bags and torn cardboard boxes. The apartment where the drugs were kept was also a crime scene, with bloodstains scattered on a broken window and through the curtains.

According to a voluminous court file from Swedish authorities that BIRN has access to, the police intervention marked the epilogue of a trafficking operation of a colossal 1.5-ton load of cocaine from Costa Rica to Sweden, which spiraled completely out of control due to a semi-successful robbery by rival criminal groups.

The case does not simply represent a criminal story on the streets of Malmö, but a window through which one can see how organized crime uses international logistics, moves cargo worth hundreds of millions across the ocean, and recruits "experts" from almost all over the world to do the 'dirty work'.

According to the investigative file, behind the operation of trafficking the 1.5-ton cargo and the robbery of part of it, criminal groups from Albania, Sweden, Norway, Belarus, Turkey, Bosnia, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium are hiding.

At least four Albanians have been identified as implicated and one of them is in the dock in Sweden on charges related to one of the links in the trafficking chain; that of taking cocaine out of the port and transporting it to a base that was thought to be safe.

Swedish authorities say they have asked their Albanian counterparts for help in tracking down three of the suspects, but in Albania, the police, prosecution and Interpol say they have no knowledge of the case.

From Costa Rica to Helsingborg

To understand what happened at midnight on May 17, 2025 in Malmo – Sweden's third largest city – you have to go back a few weeks in time.

On April 23, 2025, a shipping container was being transported by land thousands of miles from Sweden, from the city of Moin to the port of Puerto Limon on the Caribbean Sea in Costa Rica. According to information provided by Swedish investigators, the container was handed over to the carrier empty and two days later, he returned it to the port full of bananas.

On April 28, 2025, the container was loaded aboard the merchant ship “MSC ANISHA R.” In addition to the bananas, it is suspected that 1.5 tons of cocaine with an estimated market value of 180 million euros was hidden inside.

The drug's journey took about two weeks across the Atlantic Ocean, arriving first at the major European port of Antwerp in Belgium. On the same day, it departed on a second ship for the port of Helsingborg in Sweden.

On May 13, 2025, at 2:48 p.m., the container touched down on Swedish soil in Helsingborg — a town with picturesque buildings and historic castles. An hour later, the container was smuggled out of the port in a truck driven by a Belarusian national named Ilya Kirylau.

Investigations later revealed that Kirylau had specifically gone to Sweden to perform this service - having previously worked in similar jobs in Germany and other countries.

The company importing the bananas reported the missing container and the case was referred to customs. From that moment on, the Swedish police set out to find the container and the people involved, whose movements were reconstructed from street security cameras and cell phone antenna tracking.

Investigations revealed that while the container was still at sea, a human machine on the other side of Europe had already been set in motion and had planned almost everything.

For life or death

International organized crime networks rely not only on force or financial power, but especially on the right logistics. To manage this staggering amount of cocaine, a small operational team was urgently sent from Albania to Sweden.

Data obtained from court files obtained through a right to information request at the Malmö District Court identify as suspects citizens Antonio Çepele, Klisman Hoxha, Toni (Taulant) Hyskaj and Murat Zyka – all four originating from the Fier district.

Murat Zyka, 32, is a resident of Malmo and the tenant of the apartment where the cocaine was hidden and stolen, and is one of five people charged in the case in Sweden. Meanwhile, the criminal status of the other three people is still unclear.

Swedish authorities have revealed that Antonio Çepele and Klisman Hoxha flew on a commercial flight from Tirana to Malmo on May 12, 2025, the day before the drug container arrived in Helsingborg. On the same day, Toni (Taulant) Hyskaj also traveled to Malmo from Amsterdam.

According to the investigative file, the Albanians were recruited to remove the cocaine from the port and transport it to Murat Zyka's apartment, on "Farborets väg 3" on the outskirts of Malmo.

In the Swedish file, Çepele is identified as the guy with “Calvin Klein”, while Hoxha as “The White Athletes”. The first move they made was to rent a car, while through cameras and mobile antennas, the Swedish authorities identified their itinerary, mainly around the apartment where Zyka lived. The latter released it to the three newcomers and sent his wife and child for a few days to another Albanian living in Malmo.

In his testimony to Swedish investigators, Zyka insisted that until the cargo was delivered to his home and the packages were opened, he had no idea what it was. Zyka said he was hired for 700,000 Swedish kronor [about 66,000 euros] to find a place to park the truck by an acquaintance who called him from Albania, identified by him as Adriano.

He also said that when he realized he was harboring drugs, he couldn't back down.

"The boss told me it was a matter of life or death... I had no choice, they put pressure on me," he told investigators.

According to data collected by BIRN, Çepele, Hoxha and Zyka have no previous precedents in Albania and are almost unknown to the local police in Fier.

Hyskaj, on the other hand, was previously investigated for drug-related crimes in 2016 in Switzerland, according to an Interpol document obtained by BIRN.

Norwegian connection

In parallel with the group of three Albanians, three Norwegian citizens also urgently left for Malmo, one of whom had long-standing connections with Albanians involved in drug trafficking.

The group was led by Martin Ari Parlemen and two young men without much experience, named Mohammed Abdi-Weli and Elias Hadibi, the latter only 17 years old.

The Swedish dossier data suggests that Parlemen was recruited by “Jonny Weed” – an Albanian believed to be living in Spain, with whom he had previously trafficked cannabis.

Parlemen maintained contact with "Jonny Weed" on the "Signal" app - where Swedish authorities also found his recruitment conversation dated May 11, 2025.

In messages, Jonny Weed called him "Vlla" in Albanian.

"Brother... It's urgent. I have a very good job in Sweden. It's easy," the message reads.

Parlemen is suspected of not doing this for the first time; police found photos on his phone of him posing with wads of cash, Kalashnikovs and other weapons. He accepted the job and took along Mohammed Abdi-Weli and Elias Hadibi – who would serve to disguise the trip as an attempt to film a music video. Elias was the rapper and Mohammed the manager.

After arriving in Malmö, they booked a small apartment in the suburbs and rented an Iveco pickup truck, which unbeknownst to the group was equipped with a GPS monitor, which aided the police investigation. According to Swedish authorities, the Iveco truck was used to transport the drugs from the banana container at the port to Zyka's home in Malmö.

But Mohammed Abdi-Weli and Elias Hadibi showed signs of panic. After a period in custody, Mohammed admitted his involvement and gave a half-confession.

He, however, insists that he did not know what he was getting into and that he had accepted the job due to a financial obligation and that it was the creditor who had pushed him to join, but did not identify him. In his testimony, he says that he was afraid the whole time and got scared when the Albanians did not return the “Iveco” car, which had been rented from them.

Cocaine exchange  

The sensational hit in Sweden/ How 1.5 tons of cocaine were robbed by the
Packages of cocaine with the "Manchester City" logo left in Zyka's house after the robbery. Photo from the Swedish authorities' file.

The operation to remove the cocaine from the port began on the morning of May 13, 2025, coordinated between the Albanians who left from a hotel near Malmö airport, the Norwegians from their rented apartment, and the Belarusian Ilia Kirylau, who also left with his truck towards the port of Helsingborg. The Swedish police reconstructed the scene of the incident through data collected from car GPS, cell phones, and security cameras on the road and in places frequented by the people involved.

Around noon, Kirylau stopped on the road to pick up one of the Albanians, identified in the file as Klisman Hoxha. In his post-arrest testimony, Kirylau claimed that the man had hitchhiked.

After the Belarusian secured the container and left the port, cell phone data shows Çepelen near the port in motion, seemingly driving the truck. Hoxha, on the other hand, appears to have gotten off the truck and is no longer visible on the security cameras following the latter.

Almost 37 minutes after leaving the port, the groups converge on a beach in Landskrona – a town roughly equidistant between Helsingborg and Malmö.

?epele arrives first, and makes several turns around the place. Then the Belarusian truck with the container, the Norwegians' Iveco pickup truck, and the Toyota Auris driven by ?epele park one after the other.

Five minutes after stopping at the rest area, cameras capture the container doors opening, the plastic wrap tearing, and the people involved moving the cocaine from one car to another. The entire loading-unloading operation lasts just five minutes, from 4:30 to 4:35 p.m.

Shortly after, the Iveco leaves the rest area, but the Albanians now have control of it. The Norwegians leave immediately after them in the Toyota Auris, and both sides stop about an hour and 30 minutes later, at a new rest area.

On the evening of May 13, between 7 and 8 pm, the "Iveco" truck with the cocaine arrives at the address "Farborets väg 3" and the drugs are unloaded at Zyka's house.

The Norwegians, on the other hand, were arrested by the police at around 7:30 PM and held in a cell for questioning until the following afternoon. In the file, the arrest is described as an operational move to influence the actions of the other parties involved.

Albanians, meanwhile, are filmed moving freely.

On the evening of May 13, the Iveco truck was observed parked outside Malmo airport, near the hotel where Çepele and Hyskaj were staying, while Klisman Hoxha is suspected of staying in Zyka's apartment.

The movements resume immediately on the morning of May 14. Initially, Kirylau and the truck attempt to leave Sweden, but are arrested in the evening while trying to board a ferry. There are now no traces of drugs in the container, but only a gap that indicates that a large amount of "bananas" have disappeared.

On May 14, 15 and 16, Albanians circulate on the streets around the address where the drugs are located and use the “Iveco” and then another rented car. On the evening of May 16, Çepele and another young Albanian, to whom the police do not give a role in the events, fly to Tirana, leaving only Hoxha and Hyskaj behind. Security cameras have filmed him smiling and calm.

On May 17, the police did not record any movement of the parties. But in the afternoon, a black Volkswagen Passat appeared on the street "Farborets väg 3", bringing a rival organization to the scene.

Cocaine robbery

The sensational hit in Sweden/ How 1.5 tons of cocaine were robbed by the
The location of the cocaine heist. Photo from Google Maps.

Residents of Farborets väg 3 saw suspicious car movements on the afternoon of May 17, but the attack only occurred shortly after midnight. According to witnesses, the robbers arrived at Zyka's apartment in large numbers, attacking him from the main entrance and from the balcony.

Witnesses reported that two dark-colored motorcycles and a compact, black Volkswagen car first arrived at the yard at high speed. This was later linked to Mostapha Ayoub, a person who, according to the file, had previously been arrested for drug-related crimes.

Witnesses also identified other cars that stopped on the street or drove around the apartment several times, including a BMW and a Tesla. The first noises heard that broke the silence of the night were those of the apartment's windows.

The Ukrainian neighbor, who lived next door to Zyka, heard the noise at around 00:00. She testified to the police that: “It sounded like it was coming from the direction of the stairwell. It sounded like glass falling to the ground and breaking.” Four minutes later, another identical noise was heard and the Ukrainian student heard men’s voices coming from the street.

A fight likely took place inside the apartment. Traces of blood were found on the sleeping clothes, on the living room sofa, and on the curtains. But there do not appear to have been any serious injuries or fatalities.

Witnesses saw the group of attackers quickly load drugs into waiting cars. In their haste, the packages fell on the road and some of them were left scattered on the road or in the surrounding area. This lasted for about 33 minutes, until the police arrived on the scene, alerted by neighbors.

According to Swedish investigators, the robbery was organized by an unidentified person, known to authorities by the nickname "Angel of Death" - the Angel of Death - and was carried out by people of Danish, Swedish and Bosnian nationality.

Most of the people involved fled, but police caught three Danish cousins ??in a car near the scene; Ahmad Junes, Ahmad Salem and Ahmed Jehad. All three denied involvement in the incident.

Subsequent investigations revealed the involvement of Mostapha Ayoub and Ferid Musinovic, after Danish investigators followed the trail of packages with the Manchester City logo in Stockholm and other cities in Sweden. Police found traces of Ayoub's DNA on the seized packages and found images of drugs in Musinovic's Signal messages. Investigators say he was trying to sell it.

In messages found by Swedish police, exchanged between Musinovic and the “Angel of Death,” regret is expressed for the botched robbery. A later message talks about another robbery. “This time I hope you get it all,” the “Angel of Death” writes. “Inshallah,” replies Musinovic, who uses the pseudonym Floki.

The escape of Albanians

According to the Swedish authorities' court file, the three Albanian suspects left Malmo one after the other; Antonio Çepele to Albania, while Klisman Hoxha and Toni Hyskaj to Amsterdam. The only one facing justice is Murat Zyka, who was arrested on the evening of May 18, 2025.

From a search of his apartment after the robbery, police discovered personal items left behind in the rush, including a cell phone, Hoxha's "white sneakers," and a dark gray backpack, filmed in Hyskaj's arms during police surveillance.

Further verifications revealed photos and videos of Hyskaj and Hoxha at Malmo airport on May 19, the day the two flew to Amsterdam.

The current legal status of the three suspects in Sweden is unclear, but Swedish authorities state in the file that they have requested assistance from Albania in their investigation. The file even includes cell phone data from two phones in Albania, which document the suspects' movements in the areas of Roskovec, Fier and Vlora.

Çepele, Hoxha and Hyskaj were unavailable to BIRN. Communications with the Fier police, the Special Prosecution Office and Interpol did not shed light on any possible investigation undertaken against them in Albania, as the institutions said they were not aware of the case.

The Fier Prosecutor's Office also told BIRN in a written response that "from the data in the electronic registers, it appears that no criminal cases have been registered for these citizens in the years 2025-2026."

Remaining in Sweden, Murat Zyka also initially tried to escape the police by throwing his and his wife's phones into the sea. After his arrest, he was apparently forced to cooperate.

Zyka told Swedish authorities that he was drawn into the incident by a phone call from an Albanian acquaintance who had previously lived in Sweden, who had asked him to provide a safe place for a car in exchange for a payment. Zyka says that when he sent the people in the Iveco to the location he had chosen, they refused to stay there.

“The boss said the car can’t stay outside,” he testified.

Zyka also stated that he felt compelled to use his house as a warehouse.

"I only thought about my life and the lives of my children. I was terrified, but like I said the whole time I thought about calling you," he told police. "Then I thought: I'll call them, but they'll find me and kill me."/ reporter.al

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