The Directorate of Professional Standards in the State Police has expelled from the ranks of the State Police the former Deputy Director for Order in the Lezha Police, Taulant Gjoka, as well as the former Chief of the Police Station, Oltion Gjoni.
The disciplinary measure "demotion" for a period of 5 years has been imposed on the former director of the Lezha Police, Altin Mena, who currently holds the position of Deputy Director for Order in the Kukes Police.
Likewise, the promotion deadline for the Deputy Director for Crime, Kujtim Gjoka, has been postponed.
The decision came after during the period when the Lezha Police were led by these leaders, a three-story casino with over 20 slot machines and a poker room had been operating in the city center for a long time, where narcotics suspected of being cocaine were also seized during the intervention.
Also, a warehouse adapted for cannabis cultivation had been operating since August 2025 on the Lezhë-Milot national road, where over 1,000 cannabis plants were seized during the operation.