Police have arrested the driver of a BMW in Qafë Thanë. According to the official announcement, he had hidden a 20-year-old man in the trunk of the vehicle, who was attempting to illegally cross the border.
The vehicle and 2 cell phones were seized.
"He tried to help him cross the border illegally, hiding him in the trunk of the vehicle. The police handcuffed the driver of the vehicle and proceeded to release a 20-year-old man, who was hiding in the trunk of the vehicle. A vehicle and 2 mobile phones were seized. The services of the Korça Local Directorate for Border and Migration, in addition to measures to cope with the flow in order to eliminate queues, have intensified controls at crossing points and on the green border in order to prevent and crack down on cross-border crimes and catch people who violate the law.
In this context, the Border Police services at the Qafë Thanë BCP, upon exit, passed for inspection at the second line the “BMW” type vehicle, driven by citizen M. Ç. 25 years old, where during the inspection, citizen AB, 20. was found hiding in the trunk of this vehicle, who attempted to cross the border illegally, hiding in the trunk of this vehicle. At the end of the investigative actions, the arrest in flagrante delicto of citizen M. Ç., 25 years old, resident of Prrenjas, was carried out for the criminal offense “Aid for illegal border crossing”, and citizen AB, 20 years old, resident of Prrenjas, was proceeded at large for the criminal offense “Illegal crossing of the state border”. The procedural materials were passed to the Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction in Korça, for further actions” , the Police announces.