Italy's drug trafficking group arrested, the names of those arrested

Names of the arrested

Finalizes international antianabis operation code “Overseas”

The operation between the State Police, the State Crimes Prosecutor and the Italian Police, with special methods of investigation, lasted several years.

Under the 2013 criminal proceedings, the Directorate for Narcotics and Traffic Investigations, in co-operation with the Directorate of the Task Force Operational Task Force, the Local Directorate of Lezha Police, and the Prosecutor at the First Criminal Court of Tirana, finalised the code-named police operation “Overas”

Citizens were arrested:

• Author Deda (alias Leja), 38, resident in Lezha;

• Doda Prela, 53, born in Kruje and resident in Lezha.

Also proclaimed in search of citizens:

• R.M., 41, resident of Kurbin.

• G.K., 47, people in Lezha.

For citizens on the run, the Prosecution of the First Criminal Tribunal for Tirana has ordered on January 25th, 2018, the execution of the decision on January 17,01.2018 of the First Criminal Tribunal for Tirana, which has placed the measure of personal security “Arres in prison” for the criminal work of “Narcotics Trafficking subject, conducted in co-operation.

The several-year-old investigation, which has extended to Albania and Italy, as a result of close co-operation between lawmakers, has been made possible that at various times this criminal group has been seized in significant quantities of marijuana-type drugs trafficked from Albania to Italy, on sea roads.

Other citizens have been arrested in time.

The ongoing investigations have resulted in reasonable suspicion, based on evidence, that in the agreement between citizens Dode Prela and Autor Deda are the principal funders and organisers of this traffic.

Citizens R.M. It was in the role of the person who provided the drug market in Italy, while the citizen G.K. He's been in the role of a narcotic storageer.

In the role of the previously arrested transporter are the citizens of L.M., E.Z. and J. LL, all three from Lezha County.

Investigations are under way for the complete record of the criminal activity of these citizens, as well as the identification of other potential collaborators.

Materials will be passed for further prosecution of the prosecution near the First Criminal Tribunal for Tirana.