New details have been learned from the surprise search conducted this Friday morning in the premises of Durrës Prison, where a mobile phone, type “iPhone 17 Pro Max”, was found and seized in building B, along with a charger and an improvised connecting plug.
Sources close to the investigative structures indicate that the phone is suspected to belong to prisoner Klevis Hoxhosmani, however, authorities have not yet provided a final official confirmation on the ownership of the seized device.
Klevis Hoxhosmani is a well-known name in investigations by Albanian and international authorities, who was arrested by order of SPAK on suspicion of involvement in drug trafficking. He turns out to have been part of a large investigative file related to cocaine trafficking from Latin America to Europe and the United Kingdom.
According to investigative data, Hoxhosmani and his brother, Arturi, are suspected of being part of a structured criminal network, which operated in several countries and had suspected links to well-known organized crime groups. As part of the investigation, SPAK has seized a quantity of about 250 kilograms of cocaine in a previous operation, which is suspected to have been part of a larger shipment aimed at Western European markets.
In terms of economic activity, Hoxhosmani appears to have previously had connections with several businesses in the United Kingdom. He was the owner of a car wash called “Crystal Hand Carwash Of Bournemouth Limited”, which operated in the period 2013–2015. He also appeared as a director of the company “Barrack Road Tyres Limited”, based in Bournemouth, during the years 2014–2015. Later, in 2023, another entity was established called “Opa Coffee Limited”, which changed its address in 2025.
He is also suspected of having been involved in a wider criminal network known as the “Durres Gang”, where the leadership of the structure is suspected to have subsequently passed to other persons connected to the same circle.
International investigators have raised suspicions that the network he is suspected of being part of operated with a well-organized structure, where drugs were trafficked from Latin America to European ports such as Antwerp and Rotterdam, and then distributed to the United Kingdom and other EU countries. According to investigative files, narcotics were hidden in legal cargoes such as bananas, cocoa or wood materials, to avoid customs controls.
