
5 people have been arrested in Tirana after being suspected of being involved in a case of selling 5 kg of cannabis sativa.
Police say two brothers are among those arrested. It is also learned that during the operation, the Police services stopped the two suspected vehicles in Valias, an "Audi" and a "Jaguar".
The report states that the suspects attempted to flee when the police intervened.
Meanwhile, during the search of the "Audi" vehicle, the Police services found 2 packages of suspected narcotics, cannabis Sativa, with a total weight of 5 kilograms and 300 grams, which were suspected of being transported for the purpose of sale.
Police announcement:
Tirana Local Police Directorate
The police operation codenamed "Valiasi" is finalized.
5 citizens involved in a case of selling 5 kg of Cannabis Sativa were caught red-handed and arrested.
2 of them were transporting the narcotics by vehicle, while the other 3 were accompanying them in another vehicle.
2 packages of Cannabis Sativa, 2 vehicles and 5 mobile phones were seized.
The Crime Investigation Specialists of Police Station No. 5, following successive operations to crack down on criminal activities, have finalized another operation to crack down on a case of attempted drug trafficking.
As a result of the operation codenamed "Valiasi", the following citizens were arrested in flagrante delicto:
-AP, 25 years old, for the criminal offense "Production and sale of narcotics";
-EG, 22 years old, Sh. N.(G.), 20 years old (brothers), EP, 26 years old and EB, 23 years old, for the criminal offense "Failure to report a crime".
During the operation, based on information provided by operational sources, the Police services stopped in Valias, the 2 suspected vehicles, the "Audi" type vehicle with the driver citizen AP and the passenger citizen EP and the "Jaguar" type vehicle that was following it from behind, with the driver citizen EB and the passengers citizens Sh. N. (G.) and E. G., who attempted to leave at the moment of the Police intervention.
During the search of the vehicle driven by citizen AP, the Police services found 2 packages of suspected narcotics Cannabis Sativa, with a total weight of 5 kilograms and 300 grams, which was suspected of being transported for the purpose of sale.
The procedural materials were referred to the Tirana Prosecutor's Office for further action.