Stand-by measures imposed for two suspects in bribe, freight smuggling

The Foundation Court in Ferizaj has approved Ferizaj's Constitutional Prosecutor's request for the appointment of a month-long detention of B.K. and L.S., Kosovo citizens, due to allegedly committing criminal acts of abuse of office, taking bribes and smuggling of goods. Defendant B.K. from October 2020-18.05.2021 to point [...]
Defendant B.K. From October 2020-05.2021, at the Han border point of Elez, as customs official near Kosovo Customs, with the aim of benefiting the illegal property for itself or the other person, deliberately fails to fulfill official duties, in the manner that while in office, the defendant L.S. reports. for the time when it is assigned to traffic control vehicles and citizens in case of crossing the border, it allows defendants to cross the border by smuggling goods through northern Macedonia to Kosovo, without subjecting themselves to legal control procedures.
While in 1805.2021, at the Han-Elez border point, he directly requests and accepts bribes from the defendant L.S., so that the same in the case of crossing the border accepts the total amount of money of 70 euros, thus enabling the crossing of the border point without submitting to legal control procedures.
The defendant L.S. It is suspected that from October 2020 to 18.05.2021, with the aim of illegally profiting itself, carrying goods and crossing the border line by avoiding customs control, so that, in the case of halting and checking by customs investigators, in the defendant's car, an amount of medicines of 15 articles have been found and seized, respectively, 1,385 packages as well as 248 pieces, while with the case of deposit control, the defendants' property are located and a quantity of drugs from 359, total of 16.90.
The defendant is also suspected of offering an unreasonable gift or other obtaining to the official person at the Han border point of Elez, with the aim of illegally against his own property, directly offering him an official gift, respectively, to the customs official B.K., so that the same would act contrary to official duties, which would give him the amount of money of 70 euros, for which they had been agreed in advance by telephone, in order not to undergo legal border control procedures.
This case, the parties are reportedly complaining against this act did not postpone his execution.











