4 people have been handcuffed by the Durrës police after they transported 2275 tons of contraband oil from Libya to Albania by tanker. 6 of their associates are under investigation.
The ship with the Cameroon flag was stopped yesterday to make checks. The crew of the ship named 'Queen Majeda' is Lebanese.
As a result of the operation coded "Ring", the persons identified as: Zuhair Alkuafi (captain of the ship) 54 years old, Muajid Altabir, 25 years old, Amad Abushala, 43 years old, all three residents of Libya and Badar Tezini, 25, were arrested in the act. years old, resident in Syria.
Also, 6 others identified as:
AB, aged 43, AA, aged 46, AN, aged 40, AE, aged 53, AH, aged 21 and AK, aged 29, all resident in Libya.
All of them, in cooperation with each other, have smuggled from Libya to Albania, with a tanker, 2275 tons of oil, suspected of being contraband.
As material evidence, the tanker, the amount of oil and some mobile devices were seized. The materials were passed to the Prosecution at the Court of the Durrës Judicial District, for further action, for the criminal offenses "Smuggling of goods for which excise duty is paid", "Storage or deposit of contraband goods" and "Smuggling of the captain, pilot or crew", of carried out in cooperation.
The operation took place after several months of investigation by the Criminal Police Department of the State Police, the Durres Local Police Directorate and the Durres Border Police, with the support of the Durres Maritime Captaincy, the Coast Guard and the Durres Port Authority, under the direction of the Durres Judicial District Prosecutor's Office.