A 54-year-old man from Lazarati was caught in Kakavija after attempting to smuggle nearly 50,000 euros in cash from Albania to Greece.

2025-07-25 14:15:50Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

A 54-year-old man from Lazarati was caught in Kakavija after attempting to

A 54-year-old man from Lazarat has been taken under investigation at large after attempting to smuggle nearly 50,000 euros in undeclared cash from Albania to Greece. 

This is about a citizen with the initials Sh.B., who was found to have 48,400 euros in his bag that he had not declared in accordance with the law.

For this reason, the money was seized as material evidence, while the 54-year-old himself is being investigated at large.

Police announcement:

The 54-year-old man was criminally prosecuted for attempting to take 48,400 euros out of Albania without declaring it.

In continuation of the work of the Border Police services, with the aim of preventing and combating crimes at the border, at the exit from Albania, a search was carried out in the bag of citizen Sh. B., where 48,400 euros were found, which this citizen had not declared in accordance with the law.

Following the procedural actions in the case, the Crime Investigation specialists of the DVKM Gjirokastër referred the materials to the Prosecutor's Office, where the proceedings were initiated in a free state, for the criminal offense "Failure to declare money and valuables at the border", for the citizen Sh. B., 54 years old, resident of the village of Lazarat, Gjirokastër. Also, the amount of euros was seized as material evidence.

The procedural materials were transferred to the Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Gjirokastra, for further action.


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