
A 28-year-old man has been arrested by Durrës police after moving around the city with a gun. Edrin Varaku is not an unknown name for the police services, as in 2013 he shot and killed his school friend.
The convicted young man was caught in neighborhood no. 13, while he was a passenger in another person's car.
The driver of the vehicle will be investigated at large for failure to report a crime. Meanwhile, the firearm, a pistol, was seized as material evidence.
"The "Eagle" Special Force Services, in continuation of their work to identify and detain citizens who circulate with weapons without a permit, based on information obtained in operational channels, for a case of this criminal activity, organized and finalized the codenamed "Passenger" operation."
During the operation, in neighborhood no. 13, Durrës, a vehicle driven by citizen AL was stopped, where an armed citizen, citizen EV, was suspected of being a passenger.
During the physical search, citizen EV, a passenger in this vehicle, was found to be in possession of 1 firearm, a pistol, with combat ammunition, which he was in possession of without a permit.
At the end of the procedural actions, citizen EV, 28 years old, resident of Shijak, was arrested in flagrante delicto for the criminal offense of "Unauthorized possession and production of weapons, explosive weapons and ammunition". While citizen AL, 25 years old, resident of Shijak, was proceeded at large for the criminal offense of "Failure to report a crime".
"The procedural materials were passed on to the Durrës Prosecutor's Office for further action," the police announced today.