5 days after the disappearance of 34-year-old Eglent Koçi, Tirana Police have an answer. The young man is suspected of being executed by his close friend, Armand Shakaj.
After being reported by family members on the morning of June 4, the police engaged in surveillance of security cameras, which led him from Wilson Square to Jean D’Arc Boulevard, where he went to a friend’s bar, from where he never left.
From the police checks on the ground and the security camera footage, the police have found evidence that increases the suspicions that the 34-year-old was killed and that his friend disappeared the body by transporting it in a car. During this moment, Enea Zyferi, who worked as a waiter in a bar owned by the author and located near the scene of the incident, was also a witness, and he was arrested as an accomplice. Meanwhile, the police have no trace of the author and have declared him wanted.
Currently, the police are conducting searches in the outskirts of Tirana to find the young man’s body.
To hide his tracks, Shakaj moved the victim’s motorcycle from the area where the crime occurred to 5 Majit, where it was found two days after the crime.
The 34-year-old turned out to be employed at a furniture store, but police suspect that he was involved in cryptocurrency activity, which is one of the investigative leads on which the police are focused.