
The police have finalized in Durrës the international operation codenamed "Fury", within which two highly dangerous people, wanted by the authorities of North Macedonia for a series of serious criminal offenses, have been arrested.
The operation was conducted by the Special Operations Force Directorate in the Criminal Police Department of the General Directorate of the State Police, in cooperation with the services of the Durrës Local Police Directorate, American partners of the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) at the US embassies in Tirana and Skopje, as well as Macedonian counterparts.
Citizens M. Xh., 26 years old, born in Skopje, and SN, 34 years old, born in Norway, were arrested. For both, INTERPOL had issued international arrest warrants on charges of murder, wounding, illegal possession of weapons and committing criminal offenses within the framework of a criminal organization in the Republic of North Macedonia.
According to the police, during the arrest, the two wanted men were found to have forged identification documents, which they are suspected of having used to leave the territory of North Macedonia and evade justice.
Following the operation, a citizen from North Macedonia, Xh. R., 26 years old, was also arrested in flagrante delicto, suspected of having provided two wanted persons with false identification documents.
He is accused of the criminal offenses of “Supporting the perpetrator of a crime” and “Forgery of documents.” During a search of his apartment, police found and seized a small amount of suspected narcotic substance Cannabis Sativa.
Operation "Fury" is the result of several months of cooperation between State Police structures and international partners, through joint investigative teams and coordinated operational actions.
The procedural materials have been referred to the Prosecutor's Office for further investigation, while the State Police has thanked the American partners of DSS and the law enforcement authorities of North Macedonia for their cooperation in this operation.