3 hours agoArrest request issued for detainees in case 400kg of cocaine were seized
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)The Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Kosovo (PSRK) has surrendered 400kg of cocaine to the Constitutional Court in Pristina today, the request for the detention assignment of seven arrested in the case where 400kg of cocaine were seized Monday. The news has been confirmed by special prosecutor Valdet Gashi, who said the request was submitted today, but they still do not have [...]
The news has been confirmed by special prosecutor Valdet Gashi, who said the request was submitted today, but that they have not yet accepted the invitation to hold the hearing by the court.
Otherwise, Kosovo police, in a 24-hour report on Monday, have shown that in addition to about 400kg of cocaine seized in Lipjan, guns, money, telephones and laptops were seized yesterday.
According to the Police report, during the search at other locations, two more guns were found and seized one TT and the other gas, 50 rounds of cable bullets. 7.62 mm, 25925 euros cash, 200 denarius MK, a car, six cell phones, 6 PCs, two cannons, four. DVR and a Hard Disc”, police have announced, reports “Justice Trust”.
According to the report, the entire operation has been conducted in co-ordination with the Italian and Albanian police.
At a media conference held Monday, Chief State Prosecutor Aleksander Lumezi has confirmed that about 400kg of cocaine worth about 20m euros were seized Monday in an operation involving authorities from Kosovo, Albania and Italy.
While, Kosovo Police Director General Samedin Mehmeti has said the first information has been received that a container has come from Brazil to Italy, with the destination of Kosovo, where it is suspected of narcotics.
This narcotics, Mehmeti had said yesterday, had been wrapped and covered in some meat-like packages.
He'd shown it was decided that this container was followed and that he'd been under police surveillance all along.
“Loaded through the territory of the Republic of Albania on the territory of the Republic of Kosovo has reached 15,05.2021, where it was detained in the parking lot of an alleged company”, Mehmeti said.
Mehmeti had said that around 11:00 on Monday, suspected persons have begun to attract narcotics, as he said they had decided to intervene and have arrested seven people -- citizens of the Republic of Kosovo.
The operation, Mehmeti said it has been authorised by the Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Kosovo as it ends with seven detainees.
Suspects, Mehmeti has indicated that the ban has been imposed on them, while he said several other persons are still on the run as the operation is under way. / Justice Trust
