Jewelry robbery in Suhareka, even two months' detention for four suspects

The news confirmed it. Marcel Lekaj, head of the Bureau for Information and Media Communication in this Court.

The four suspects Basha, Istrefi, Cacol, and Barak continued their detention arrangement until April 30, 2024.

“The defendants: Bujar Basha, Besart Istrefi, Leutrim Cakoli suspected of criminal robbery, and Trim Barak suspected of criminal possession, control or unauthorised possession of weapons, dated 28.02.2024, the pre-procedure Judge has received ACTVENIM and has continued the detention measure until 30,04,2024. After assessing the State Prosecutor's request for continued detention, and following the assessment of the subject documents, the Pre-Prosecutor Judge has found that the State Prosecutor's request for continuing detention of the detention measure is based”, reportedly in Lekaj's response to the “Justice Bettim”.

It says that the trial of the preliminary procedure has estimated that with the release of indictees who were continued in custody, there is a danger of escape, because even after the alleged criminal acts of the same have been committed on the run until the day of arrest through the Kosovo Police.

Also taking into account that the investigations are under way, so that witnesses who have not yet been heard will be questioned, and further evidence will be collected with the aim of clarifying the case, if the defendants are left on freedom, there is the risk of influence on witnesses, with which to prevent the investigative phase. Also in the case of continuing detention, the Court has taken into account the fact that defendants are even in the past recorded as perpetrators of criminal acts similar to all-powerful convictions, so with freedom there is the risk of repeating similar criminal acts, so the Court's assessment that continuing detention at this stage is reasonable and necessary” is further said in response.

For suspects Albin Beqiri and Fatmir Tahiri, however, it is said the judge of the preliminary procedure has rejected the request for follow-up or replacement of the move.

“Four tied to money. 1 regarding the KP Article 33, according to the decision of the preliminary procedure Judge of 22.12.23, two (2) suspects had continued detention until 2502.2024, while until the expiration date of the detention, the preliminary procedure judge has not accepted the request for follow-up or replacement of the measure that implies the same have been released in regular procedure after that date, while the preliminary procedure is still under way.

On the day of the robbery, one policeman was reportedly injured and another got injured.

The amount of gold robbed is considered to be 250 thousand euros, a robbery that occurred after the day of November 22, 2023 at a jewelry store in Suhareka.