This is Nikolin Shqau, a farmer in the Shllak unit of the Municipality of Vau i Dejës, who claims that drug traffickers poisoned the horse he was riding in the mountains a few days ago.
"There are some individuals here in our area, who really, like them, have ruined their interests, I do not know who those individuals may be, but they intentionally damage my business and yesterday they even strangled my horse. , they poisoned me. This is because I was in Shkodra, to see my family, to stay with my wife and children and when I returned I did not see the horse because it was late. When I woke up in the morning I found the dead horse. Surely I think it has to do with drugs. The government deals with this work. Here they are saying that he is a deputy of Shkodra region who protects the area, but I would like to know who is a deputy, but still SPAK knows and has completely accurate information about Shllaku. Why the slabs have been removed from Shllak, why there is not, that starting from the Middle Bridge onwards, there is neither Shllak nor Temal,
They say that he is a deputy and as they say, this deputy has removed his signs and things. This has to do with the administration, it has to maintain Shllaku. I do not know where they spend the money they do not spend for the good of the community. Two days before my horse was poisoned I went out and brought it everywhere with the horse through the area, I also took that little camper and camped in different places. It's not that I saw drugs, but I saw movement of people. People I may have seen somewhere in the woods may have done something. They blacken my face that if they were brave, they would deal with me because I am here. I will not go anywhere. They do not know me. I left Albania at the age of 18 and returned to adulthood. If they want to know about my story, to come and ask me, I know how to tell everyone the place.
The farmer says that he went out in some remote areas with his horse and saw the strange movements of some people who according to him are traffickers and those who keep drugs and who claim to have poisoned their horse.
He adds that he feels threatened by this event that happened to him, but he says that he will not leave Shllaku, hinting that he may go to self-judgment against the traffickers, while he says that drug cultivation is worrying.
“Mund të ndihem i kërcënuar, por nuk jam nga ata burra që iki dhe e lëshoj vendin kollaj. Jam malësor, jam burrë Shllakut. Nuk iki nga Shllaku pa nxjerrë fermën time, fermën e Shën Mhillit në sukses. Ata që mendojnë për të më bërë dëm mua, i kanë bërë llogaritë gabim. Edhe unë mund të dal të gjej një armë, si i kanë gjetur të tjerët në mënyrë të paligjshme. Do ta mbroj tokën time, mundin tim. Do ta mbroj sikurse kanë bërë të parët e mi. Mua më erdhi keq për kryetarin e bashkisë dhe administratën që nuk u morën me promovimin e Shllakut dhe nuk e di se ku ka qenë qëllimi. Shllaku është bjeshka më e afërt nga Shkodra, më e bukura. Në çdo kodër që mund të ngjitesh, e sheh gjysmën e Shqipërisë në majë të dorës”, deklaroi ai.
Shqau claims that a deputy has interests that the area of Shllaku is not developed in terms of tourism, although it has great potentials and that according to this farmer, the deputy whose name is not disclosed has intervened to protect drug parcels.
The road from Shkodra to the Shllak unit which is depreciated, but also the lack of electricity according to the farmer are a major concern. The farmer indicates what some of his requirements are. Nikolin Shqau a few years ago left America with his family and came to Shkodra opening several businesses.
For two years he has decided to go to the mountainous area of Shllak in Vaun e Dejës, where he comes from, trying to build a guesthouse and an animal farm in order to develop that unit in terms of tourism, since so far it is left in oblivion. / BW