6 people have been arrested in Divjaka after a conflict in a bar. Orgito Lamka, Kevin Sota, Serxhio Duda, Shahin Xhepexhiu, Santiago Alla and Zeni Kule have been placed in handcuffs.
The police were notified that a conflict involving sharp objects was taking place in the bar of 50-year-old Kule between Lamka, 22, and Xhepexhiu, 51. After they had given statements to the police and received medical treatment, the young man returned to the bar armed with a pistol with a silencer to kill the 51-year-old.
The pistol, along with another one, were seized, along with 4 cars and 6 cell phones.
Police announcement:
The police operation codenamed “Crime Prevented” is being finalized by the Divjaka Police Commissariat, in cooperation with the Crime Investigation structures at the Fier Local Police Directorate.
The dynamic follow-up by the Police services of a conflict, initially involving hard objects, prevented a murder.
2 pistol firearms were seized, one of them with a silencer.
6 citizens are arrested.
The Divjaka police received a report that a conflict involving sharp objects was taking place in a bar owned by citizen ZK, 50 years old.
Immediately, the Police services approached the scene, where they found citizen OL, 22 years old, and citizen Sh. Xh., 51 years old, who had been injured during the conflict with hard objects.
Citizens OL and Sh. Xh., after receiving medical treatment and completing their statements at the Police Station, left for their homes.
While carrying out actions to fully document the conflict and identify other persons involved, the Police received operational notification that one of the perpetrators, citizen OL, had returned to the bar a few hours later armed with a pistol with a silencer and was suspected of killing citizen Sh. Xh.
The timely and professional intervention of the Police services prevented the murder.
Following operational and procedural actions, Criminal Investigation specialists arrested the following citizens:
– OL, 22 years old, with a criminal record in the field of production and sale of narcotics in Albania and Belgium.
A firearm, a pistol with a silencer, with a cartridge in the chamber, ready to fire, was found and seized from this citizen.
– KS, 45 years old, with a criminal record in the field of production and sale of narcotics in Albania.
During the search of this citizen’s vehicle, the Police found a firearm, a pistol.
– SD, 28 years old, with a criminal record in the field of production and sale of narcotics in Albania. This citizen was driving the vehicle in which citizen OL had returned to the bar after a few hours.
– SA, 30 years old, who attempted to remove the firearm from the vehicle of citizen KS
– ZK, 50 years old, the owner of the bar, who was arrested for failing to report a crime.
– Sh. Xh., 51 years old, for failure to report a crime, as during the investigation it turned out that during the statement he did not tell the truth about the conflict.
As material evidence, 2 pistol firearms, one of them with a silencer, 4 vehicles and 6 mobile phones were seized.
Firearms will be subject to appropriate expertise.
Investigative actions continue to fully document the circumstances of the conflict, determine responsibilities, and document the criminal activity of the persons involved.
The procedural materials were referred to the Prosecutor’s Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Fier, for further action.