How Albanian drug user was released into court chamber “

The noise of the arrest left the country in a few hours of his immediate release from the court.

For the suspension of 45 years old Alket Hatija was written during the Italian media.

The ANSA news agency called it the “baroni” of drugs and published data on his 20-year sentence by the Milan Court in September 2015 for international heroin and cocaine trafficking.

He was detained on July 8th on behalf of the Italians, aimed at extradition.

The First Stair Court in Durres set him free on 11 July. Reason? No extradition request.

The prosecutor of the case argued there was a warrant for arrest, and Hatija was to remain in prison for 40 days, pending extradition request.

But the court refused. She released the 45 - year - old man, in whose footsteps Italian authorities were falling after two years of research.

The prosecution will appeal the verdict, but in the meantime Hatija is free.

Hatija was arrested in Durres while visiting a friend.
He lived isolated in a bunker - related house and was taught that he had also paid armed men to guard him.

According to Italian media, he was convicted on charges that by 2003 period 2004 he had trafficked 350 kilograms of heroin and 190 kg of cocaine to Milan. The value of drugs is estimated at 35m euros and 45m euros.

He was a traffic organiser and never had contact with drugs, but he did everything by telephone. /Lapsy.al