Xhuljano Hoxha, the 31-year-old accused of being part of the criminal group that cultivated 870 kilograms of cannabis in Dronovicë, Berat, discovered in the November 2022 operation, has been extradited to Albania.
Hoxha was arrested in Britain in October last year, while last April the Criminal Court of Kosovo sentenced him to prison.
During the operation, 105 people were arrested, 95 of whom were women who were employed to clean the narcotics. The greenhouse was owned by Hamdi Dyl, which was divided into 4 parts, each with an area of 2 dunyam. 11 people were arrested, while 57 Berat police officers were also put under investigation, including senior managers. 7 employees were permanently expelled from the ranks of the blues.
The Berat Prosecutor’s Office declared incompetence and transferred the file to SPAK, saying that the activity was run by 2 criminal groups.
Police announcement:
Interpol Tirana carried out the extradition from London/United Kingdom to our country of citizen Xh. H., 31 years old, born in Berat.
This citizen was declared internationally wanted after the Special Court of First Instance Against Corruption and Organized Crime, in April 2024, assigned him the security measure “Arrest with imprisonment”, for the criminal offenses “Production and sale of narcotics”, “Structured criminal group” and “Commitment of criminal offenses by a criminal organization, or a structured criminal group”, for the case discovered and cracked down on 10.11.2022, in the village of Drenovicë, Berat district.
From the investigations conducted by the Special Prosecution Office against Corruption and Organized Crime it results that Xh. H., in collaboration with other persons, was involved in the cultivation of narcotic plants.
As a result of cooperation between Interpol Manchester/United Kingdom and Interpol Tirana, his arrest and extradition to Albania became possible.