
Announcement of Interpol Tirana:
Intensive cooperation with counterparts, for the localization, capture and extradition of citizens wanted internationally for various criminal offences.
Accused of being the co-owner of an arsenal consisting of 6 firearms, 1 shotgun and explosives, he was arrested in Barcelona and extradited to our country, the 33-year-old wanted as part of the police mega-operation coded "Mataro", finalized by the Lezha Police, in December 2021.
During this mega-operation, the arsenal of weapons and the sum of 88,900 euros suspected to have benefited from the arms trade were seized, as well as 3 citizens, relatives of the 33-year-old extradited from Spain, were arrested.
As a result of the coordination of information and operational work between the services of the Interpol Interpol Tirana and Interpol Madrid, it became possible to locate in Barcelona, capture and extradite to our country, the citizen declared internationally wanted EV alias EM, 33 years old, born in Lezha.
The Court of the Lezhë Judicial District has assigned the 33-year-old the security measure "Arrest in prison", for the criminal offenses "Possessing without permission and the production of weapons, explosive weapons and ammunition" and "Cleaning the products of the criminal offense or criminal activity ".
On 07.12.2021, as part of the police mega-operation coded "Mataro", in the apartment of this citizen and in the apartment of his wife's relatives (the wife's parents and brother, arrested in the act as part of this mega-operation ), Lezha Police services found and seized 6 firearms, 1 shotgun, 2 boxes of C4 explosives, the amount of 88,900 euros, detonator capsules, fire-conducting fuses, 2 police radios, military ammunition, 1 vehicle and mobile phones.
The citizen EV alias EM was handed over to the General Directorate of Prisons, in order to carry out further procedural actions.