A person was arrested in Kukës for storing radioactive materials and weapons

2023-01-20 14:25:02Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

A person was arrested in Kukës for storing radioactive materials and

A person was arrested by the Kukës Police after weapons, ammunition as well as radioactive and chemical substances were found in his warehouse.

The discovery was made after the inspection in a warehouse, inside which dozens of plastic drums were found, where natural radioactive substances and chemical substances are suspected to be kept.

The police said that a chemical examination is being carried out to determine the type of these substances. During the search in this warehouse, a Kalashnikov firearm and a quantity of combat ammunition were also found and seized.

"The police services of DVP Kukës and Kukës Police Station, supported by information intelligence, that in an environment (warehouse), in the city of Kukës, natural radioactive substances and chemical substances were kept, as well as that the owner of this environment was carrying weapons fire without permission, have organized and finalized the coded police operation "Artizanati". As a result of this operation, citizen DM, 44 years old, resident of Kukës, was arrested in the act. Police services caught the 44-year-old red-handed, in the premises (warehouse) owned by him, in the city of Kukës", said the police.

The experts of the Institute of Scientific Police have taken samples of these subjects, for the purpose of their chemical expertise, from the experts of the Institute of Nuclear Physics and Radiology. The work continues to determine the degree of danger of these subjects, for the health of citizens, as well as to determine the purpose of their storage and use.

Also, during the search in the warehouse of citizen DM, a Kalashnikov firearm, 3 combs and a quantity of military ammunition were found, which were seized as material evidence.

The investigative structures of DVP Kukës, in cooperation with the Scientific Police Institute and the experts of the Institute of Nuclear Physics and Radiology, under the direction of the Prosecutor's Office at the Kukës Judicial District Court, continue the work for the complete documentation of this case. The procedural materials were passed to the Prosecutor's Office for further action.


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