A major police operation has been carried out by tirana police, leading to handcuffs 19 people involved in the distribution of drugs.
Tirana Police Director Tonin Vocaj has explained details of the operation codenamed "Temple 3", aimed at cracking down on drug dealers in the capital, near schools and local premises.
The operation arrested 19 people, most notally citizens with initials: K.H., 26, D.K., 39, O.V., 21, H.F., 20, F. Gj., 32, V. J., 42, A. J., 52, O. I., 62, L. K., 26, M. K., 32, K. H., 24, R. M., 32, 24, R. M., 32, 24, R. M., 24, 24, 19, 32, 24, R. K., 26, 22, 24, 19, 19, 24, 19, 24, 19, 24, 19, 20, 20, 20, 20, 19, 19, 20, 19, 19, 19, 20, 19, 20, 20, 19, 19, 20, 19, 20, 20, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, most notable, were arrested: K. H., 26, D.K., 39, O.V., 21, H.F., 20, F. Gj., 32, V. J., 42, A. J., 52, O. I., 6 25, M. S., 18, R. Sh., 33, D. G., 21, R. D. (S.), 52, E. B., 37, A. Sh., 33, B.K., 34 (arrested earlier during the course of the investigation).
Five other people were arrested and 1.2 kilograms of suspected cocaine, hundreds of doses of suspected heroin and cannabis, 12 cell phones, 5 vehicles and significant amounts of money in lek and other cocaine, allegedly obtained from the sale of narcotics.
Deklarata e Tonin Vocaj:
I am here today, together with the Deputy Director for Serious Crime Investigation, Deputy Director for Public Order and Security, and head of the Narcotics Investigation Sector, to present the second operational phase of the megaoperation codenamed "Temple 3", where in view of 2 criminal prosecutions of the Prosecution at the Court of First Instance General Jurisdiction of Tirana, Followed for a three-month investigative period, during which special investigative methods were applied, the criminal activity of some citizens who distributed narcotics cannabis, heroin and cocaine in different areas of Tirana, near schools, as well as in nightsites.
The Local Police Directorate of Tirana, in the implementation of the measures defined in the school safety package and priority of the State Police, to guarantee a safer environment for students and to prevent ongoing negative phenomena, has developed controls and operations to target criminal elements and groups that attempt to develop criminal activity involving youth.
The Department for Narcotics Investigation of the Local Police Directorate of Tirana, following the successive operations for prevention, identification and the crackdown of criminal activity in the field of narcotics, and in the pursuit of the two nationwide megaoperations "Tempulli 1" and "Tempulli 2", has referred materials to the Prosecution office at the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction of Tirana, which has registered 2 criminal proceedings of 2024.
After a quarterly investigation conducted by special methods of investigation by specialists for the Investigation of Narcotics of the Local Police Directorate of Tirana, in the direction of the Prosecution at the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction of Tirana, legal evidence was provided for the document of criminal activity of 24 citizens.
Based on the evidence provided during the investigation, the second phase of operation "Tempulli 3" was organized and finalized, within which the security measure "Arrest in prison" was executed, given by the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction of Tirana for 19 citizens, and the work continues to capture 5 other citizens who are pursued by search measures.
During the operation, 19 citizens were arrested against whom the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction of Tirana has appointed the personal security measure "Arrest in prison", for the criminal offense "Production and sale of narcotics", namely:
K. H., 26 vjeç, D. K., 39 vjeç, O. V., 21 vjeç, H. F., 20 vjeç, F. Gj., 32 vjeç, V. Xh., 42 vjeç, A. Xh., 52 vjeç, O. I., 62 vjeç, L. K., 26 vjeç, M. K., 32 vjeç, K. H., 24 vjeç, R. M., 25 vjeç, M. S., 18 vjeç, R. Sh., 33 vjeç, D. G., 21 sentences, R. D. (S.), 52 sentences, E. B., 37 sentences, A. Sh., 33 sentences, B. K., 34 sentences (arrestuar më parë gjatë zhvillimit të hetimeve).
Among the persons for whom the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction has imposed security measures is also citizen A. J., alias A.T., alias J. C., 52, resident in Tirana, who was arrested in May this year for the criminal offense "Intentional Murder", committed in cooperation, for an event that took place in the Greek state.
Giithashtu is working to locate and arrest 5 other citizens.
During the operation, they were sequestered in the quality of the material test:
1.2 kilograms of suspected cocaine;
Hundreds of doses of suspected heroin and cannabis
12 mobile phones.
- 5 vehicles;
- significant amounts of money in ALL and other cage, allegedly obtained from the sale of narcotics.
The investigation resulted that these citizens distributed narcotics, near schools, and in other environments frequented by young people, in different areas of Tirana.
Specialists for the Investigation of Narcotics of DVP Tirana, in cooperation with the Prosecution at the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction of Tirana, continue investigative actions for the full document of this criminal activity and for identifying and placing other citizens involved in the legal responsibility.
In the framework of the excellent cooperation between the Prosecution at the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction Tirana and the Local Police Directorate of Tirana, I find the opportunity to thank the prosecutors Mr. Drini Pali and Mr. Adriano Dyrmishi, as well as the head of the Prosecution at the Court of first instance of general jurisdiction Tirana, Mr. Arens Cela, for the direction, coordination and support for the successful completion of the two proceedings of the second phase of the megaoperation "Temple 3".
At the same time, the Local Police Directorate of Tirana thanks the citizens for the many information given about this criminal activity, which have been important for launching the investigations.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, I want to assure the citizens that the Local Police Directorate of Tirana is fully committed to guaranteeing the order of security, prevention, identification and crackdown of any illegality, and in this context I again invite them to continue the cooperation with the Police, denouncing every case of illegality in any field that arises, as together we build a safer environment.