North police operating on smuggling prevention

Kosovo police have indicated that in the continuation of the strategic objectives in preventing and combating crime, as well as based on the request of Kosovo Customs, today in the early morning hours in the Pristina region's (Podujevo) border zone, North Mitrovica (Leposaviq, Zubin Potok) and in the border zone related to the Republic of Northern Macedonia (Viti, Gjilan) has implemented police operation in preventing and combating smuggling and other criminal phenomena.

According to police, this police operation has been aimed at fighting and preventing smuggling, maintaining order, calming and public security, and implementing the law.

In addition to Kosovo police with its relevant units involved in this police operation, it has undertaken the necessary preventing and unable to exploit illegal routes on the part of suspected persons, who allegedly by various means have exploited illegal roads in the border belt linking the Republic of Kosovo with Serbia and the Republic of Kosovo with the Republic of Northern Macedonia, for conducting criminal and smuggling activities<0>, police reports.

Kosovo police say that in this police operation they have used all legal mechanisms, authorisations and police competencies, various police equipment and units to implement positive laws, protection of the Constitutional Order, prevention and combat smuggling and other criminal phenomena.

“Aggression, commitment towards realising strategic goals by Kosovo Police will continue to prevent criminal activities, smuggling and transborder crime, with the aim of creating a more secure and calm climate of citizens, and in particular those living close to the” border generation, it is said further about the media.