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"I'm a barber, I have the equipment to prove it" - The unusual story of the Albanian in Belgium, who was arrested for drugs

2026-07-08 15:55:44Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

21-year-old Arlind K. was sentenced on February 13 to 15 months in prison and a fine. However, he did not appear in court, so the verdict was handed down in absentia.

Now he has challenged the decision, requesting a retrial.

The prosecutor once again explained the charges against him.

“On August 3, 2024, K. was caught red-handed when police stopped his vehicle for a traffic violation,” the prosecutor said.

"It wasn't a serious violation, but both K. and his passenger appeared extremely nervous."

A little later, the reason was understood: the police found a significant amount of cannabis and hashish in the car, including three bags with a total of 140 grams of cannabis, hidden under the driver's seat.

K. stated to the police that he knew nothing about the drugs.

According to him, it was the passenger who had asked him to take him "there," and he had simply agreed.

But a check of his phone showed that for several weeks he had been acting as a courier (runner) for a drug trafficking organization. He was receiving addresses where he was supposed to deliver narcotics.

Photos and videos of quantities of cannabis and cash were also found on the phone. In one of them, K. was clearly visible.

The prosecutor said that the evidence was sufficient and added that K. had little connection to Belgium, requesting that the sentence handed down in absentia be confirmed.

His lawyer gave a different version.

“My client, who works as a barber, met a person on the street by chance who asked him to cut his hair and offered him 100 euros. He accepted.

At the time of the meeting, the client showed up with a rental car and told him to wait for him there. He then asked if he could drive the car for a bit, because he had consumed a lot of cannabis himself.

The story seemed unusual, but the lawyer argued that there was not enough evidence for her client to be considered a drug courier.

"The videos exist, but there is no evidence that he ever received any money for this activity. He was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time."

The judge asked him if the messages where K. received orders and addresses were not aggravating evidence.

The answer was not clear.

Then he addressed K himself.

“I work as a barber,” he said through an Albanian interpreter. “I’ve even built up my own clientele in Antwerp.”

The presiding judge replied: "I have never heard of anyone ordering 140 grams of cannabis from a barber."

K. avoided the question.

"But the phone that contained those messages wasn't mine. It was the passenger's. And I also have equipment that shows that I am indeed a barber."

The decision is expected to be announced on July 14.


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