Arrested for Terrorism “buys” from Kosovo Police

These weapons were purchased during a symphonic trade by Kosovo Police.

This document, provided by Radio Free Europe, is said to have revealed that suspects have requested anti-tank weapons through secret measures. RPG as well as rockets, with the aim of preparing terrorist acts in Kosovo.

“With October 7th, 2021, we have provided warrants for the purchase of items simulated by the Court, where even on the 10th of October 2021, in the case of house raids and escorts of top defendants mentioned as well as defendants, Mentor Bellaqa and Shkodran Krasniqi, have provided sufficient evidence that defendant Mentor Bellaqa has had earlier contacts with defendants in question, meanwhile defendant Shkodra Krasniqi, has deliberately secured weapons for the sale of<1>

 

 

These weapons, according to this document, were seized by Kosovo Police in Pristina during the raid and during the arrest of these five people.

According to this document, accused Ardijan Djurovic, Ergim Syla and Nehrudin Sviler, have committed criminal work “preparing terrorist acts or criminal acts against the constitutional order and security of the Republic of Kosovo”.

The other accused Mentor Bellaqa from Prizren, which is part of this group, is charged with “ownership, control or unauthorized possession of weapons.

While the Krasniqi School, according to the Prosecutor, has committed criminal work “Import, Export, Supply, Transport, Production, Exchange, Intermediation or the unauthorized sale of weapons or explosive matter”.

A Month of Prison for Terrorism Suspects

Following Kosovo's Special Prosecutor's request, the Constitutional Court in Pristina has assigned the detention measure to 30 days for terrorism detainees.

Kosovo police on October 10th arrested: Ardijan Djurovic, Nuhredin Skiner, Ergim Syla, Mentor Bellaqa and Shkodran Krasniqi, as suspected of acts that are related to terrorism.

According to one of the defence lawyers, the detainees are charged with preparing terrorist attacks on constitutional order”.

According to the Special Prosecutor, those arrested are suspected of criminal acts “preparing terrorist acts or criminal acts against the constitutional order and security of Kosovo”, “The chairmanship of terrorist work”, as well as for criminal work “Import, export, transport, transport, production, exchange, mediation or sale of unauthorised weapons or plastic matter”

Also suspected of subx0> ownership, control or unauthorized possession of weapons”.

Defense: The prosecution has no proof

Lawyer Tome Gashi, who is protecting the 25-year-old from Prizren, Nehrudin Sviler, said his client had been arrested for such acts before.

The same work had been arrested four years earlier and had remained in custody for 120 days.

Then he was released in absence of evidence.

Whatever the Prosecutor claims, which he called a group that have prepared funds and bought weapons, we don't know that even if that's true and if any weapons were bought from them, but not by the Necrudin Skender definitely. That's what the DA accepts. So, what has this weapon been used for?

And Ardian Djurist's lawyer, Arben Kelmendi, said the tracking organs have offered no evidence for which his client is blamed.

Only their doubts and assumptions and unconfirmed and groundless, where the Special Prosecutor did not give any evidence and no specific argument, specifically what my protector did. Neither is the leader (of the group), nor does it have anything to do with weapons, nor does any argument have any doubts about the same”, he said.

The father of one of those arrested, Fazli Syla, told Radio Free Europe that his son, Ergim Syla, has begun to pray and go to the mosque for several years.

He said his 38-year-old son is married and has three children, and deals with cattle in the village of Baskiq, Kline.

They came from 10am and arrested him. They've raided the house. They've been searched. They've found no weapons. I found it very, very difficult. I don't know what's gotten into him. Only I know that you're forgiven, you're going with friends, you're going in, you're going in, and then I don't know”, Syla said.

How punished can they be if convicted?

The works for which those arrested are suspected include sentences of up to five years in prison.

Criminal work “Preparing terrorist acts or criminal acts against the constitutional order and security of the Republic of Kosovo”, according to the Penal Code, sentenced to imprisonment of one to five years.

The other criminal work for which the detainees are suspected is “conducting the terrorist work”, which is sentenced to no less than five years in prison.

While the other work Kosovo Special Prosecution accuses those arrested, “Import, export, supply, transport, production, exchange, mediation or unauthorised sale of weapons or explosive matter” is fined to 7,500 euros and in prison of one to eight years.

Arrests are also suspected of non-authorized possession of weapons”.

For this criminal act, the Kosovo Criminal Code says anyone who holds ownership controls or owns weapons in violation of the applicable law regarding such weapons is sentenced to fines of up to seven thousand and five hundred 7,500 euros or imprisonment of up to five years.

Meanwhile, in a separate operation on 11 October, the Special Prosecutor announced that he arrested two people with initial R.J. and H.D. under suspicion of committing criminal work “The release of money” by Article 302 of the Criminal Code regarding Article 56 paragraph 1 and 2 of the Law for preventing money laundering and financing of terrorism.

These two are also suspected of criminal work “fajde”. For this occasion, raids were conducted in Pristina and Fushe Kosovo.