
A 39-year-old man in Shkodra has been arrested after trying to transport 16 migrants towards Montenegro.
The rented vehicle in which he and the foreign migrants were travelling was seized in the village of Alijaj. 9 of the migrants were from Afghanistan, 5 from Somalia and 2 from Bangladesh.
The vehicle was seized, while an investigation has been launched by the Shkodra Prosecutor's Office.
Police announcement:
DVKM Shkodër/The operation codenamed "Transit" is finalized, a case of providing assistance to immigrants from Third Countries for illegal border crossing is cracked down on.
1 citizen has been arrested, who was caught red-handed by the Border Police services, transporting 16 immigrants by vehicle, for payment, who intended to cross illegally into Montenegro.
The rented vehicle is seized.
The services of the Shkodra Local Directorate for Border and Migration, following intensive controls to prevent and crack down on the criminal activity of providing assistance to immigrants for illegal border crossing, based on information obtained through operational channels, organized and finalized the operation codenamed "Transit".
As a result of the operation, citizen BL, 39 years old, resident of Tirana, was arrested.
This citizen was caught red-handed by the Border Police services, in the village of Alijaj, transporting, in a vehicle he had rented, 16 immigrants from Third Countries (9 from Afghanistan, 5 from Somalia, 2 from Bangladesh), who intended to illegally cross into the territory of Montenegro.
The procedural materials were referred to the Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Shkodra, for further action.