The police have handcuffed Spartak Çela in Pogradec, who was on the run for 4 years after being declared wanted for the event of 2020, where he shot with a Kalashnikov at several people in a bar in Velçan i Mokërs.
Çela appeared on the scene again on April 26, 2024, when he threatened the employees of the economic aid task force in Mokre and managed to wipe them out again.
This afternoon, after some information received on the operative route, the police had learned that he had returned to his apartment in the village of Velçan. After organizing the action directed by Commissioner Elton Halili himself, police officers surrounded the apartment and made it possible to arrest the 39-year-old.
He is being transported to the detention cell in Drenova. We emphasize that for 4 years in a row since the first incident when he shot 5 people in the village bar, he was able to hide very well from the police, in Malsina e Mokra.
"As part of the operation "Rule of Law", it became possible to capture the much-wanted person Spartak Xhevat Çela, 39 years old, resident of Buzaishtë village, Velçan Unit, Pogradec, as the Court of First Instance has imposed measures on this person. Imprisonment", 2 times, for the criminal offenses of "Manslaughter attempted", "Theft with a weapon", "Manufacture, sale and possession without permission of weapons, explosive weapons and combat ammunition", "Opposition to the employee of the police", provided by the criminal offenses 76-22,: 140, 278, 236. The materials will be handed over to the Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of the Korçë General Jurisdiction for further actions", the police announce.