
A 55-year-old man ended up in the handcuffs of the police in Tirana after dozens of smuggled cigarettes were seized from his shop.
The police seized the cigarettes with forged fiscal stamps, while the materials in charge of the 55-year-old were handed over to the Tirana prosecutor's office for further action.
"Specialists of the Section for the Investigation of Economic and Financial Crimes, following the work for the prevention, identification and attack of criminal activity in the field of smuggling of goods, after a genuine investigative work, based on the information provided through information intelligence, organized and successfully completed the coded "False" police operation.
As a result of this operation, citizen AD, 55 years old, living in Tirana, was arrested in the act. During the control carried out in the store of the citizen AD, on "Hamdi Pepo" street, the police services found dozens of cigarette packs, suspected to be smuggled, and with forged fiscal sheets, which were seized as material evidence.
The materials were passed to the Prosecutor's Office at the Tirana Judicial District Court, for further procedural actions", the police announcement states.