Thanks to increased controls by the Border Police based on risk analysis, a case of attempted drug trafficking to Greece was prevented and dealt with.
During intensive checks, using modern logistical tools, the Police services found around 88 packages of suspected cannabis drugs hidden inside a van, with a total weight of around 91 kilograms.
The driver of the van and the passenger, spouses, were arrested. Citizens Klejdi Agalliu and Bukurije Agalliu were arrested for the criminal offense of “Trafficking in narcotics.”
The Border Police Services, as a result of detailed controls to prevent, identify and crack down on attempts to traffic narcotics, as well as the intensification of controls based on risk analysis in cooperation with specialists for the Narcotics Investigation at the Gjirokastra Border Police Department, passed a detailed check on the scanner and then on the second line, at the exit of the Republic of Albania, the van driven by citizen KA.
From a thorough search, the Police services found hidden, in specially created places on the floor of the van, under its cover, around 88 packages, inside which there was a suspected narcotic substance, cannabis, with a total weight of around 91 kilograms.
Following the initial investigative actions, the Narcotics Investigation specialists at the Gjirokastra Police Department arrested in flagrante delicto citizens KA, 28 years old, and BA, 25 years old, both residents of Tirana, spouses of each other.
As material evidence, approximately 91 kilograms of suspected cannabis and the van were seized.
The structures of the Gjirokastra DVP, in cooperation with other DVPs, under the direction of the Gjirokastra Prosecution, are continuing investigative actions to identify other persons involved in this criminal activity.
The procedural materials will be forwarded to the Prosecutor’s Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Gjirokastra, for further action, for the criminal offense of “Trafficking in Narcotics”.