Albania-Italy joint operation arrested 11 persons for cocaine

The joint Italian-Albania police operation, coded “ZAD”

The action was conducted for the crackdown on a criminal group operating in the fields of narcotics trafficking cocaine.

On this occasion, 11 persons have been arrested in Italy and Albania, two of whom were captured on Albanian territory.

“Operations in Albania, Crime Police Department, Interpol Tirana, DVP Tirana, Elbasan and Shkodra, in co-operation with the Italian Interfroca in Albania and Interpol Roma”.

Within the framework of the international police operation coded “ZAD”, State Police successfully fulfilled their obligations.

As a result, during the early morning hours in Italy and Albania, the execution of 11 warrants issued for members of a criminal group in the field of narcotics, nine of which were captured in Italy and two in Albania.

During the operation, citizens of State were captured by F. P., 32, born in Shkoder and I.D., 49-year-old, born in Srik.

The Court of Pre-trial Investigations in Pistolia, Italy, has issued 11 persons' arrest warrants, between them and these two citizens, for criminal work “possession and illegal smuggling of drugs, mainly cocaine” conducted in co-operation. The maximum sentence is 20 years.

Citizens F. P. has played his role as a mediator among several Albanian citizens reported as a buyer of packaged cocaine, a criminal offense he committed in co-operation with other citizens, while citizen I. D., acting in the role of narcotics breeder, in co-operation with Albanian and Italian citizens, was responsible for collecting and selling cocaine package, provided and guarded by other Albanian citizens, reports Top Channel escorts Klan Kosova.

State police are determined to co-operate closely with partners to fight organised crime and terrorism”