SPAK: They catch 1.3 tonnes of cocaine, 10 arrested, bus drivers among them

At the request of the Special Prosecutor, the Special Court for Corruption and Organised Crime decided to allow checks and countries for 21 persons under investigation, checks that have been conducted, today on date from the State Police Directorate's judicial police services, broadcast tch.

The above criminal proceedings have been investigated under the Joint Investigative Team with the District Attorney Anti-Mafia in Brescia, Italy, and the Swiss Confederate Public Prosecutor. Joint investigations with Italian authorities uncovered the activity of a criminal group, composed mainly of Albanian citizens, which has aimed at international trafficking of narcotics.

This structured criminal group, launched by Albanian territory with organic branches on Italian territory, allegedly imported narcotics from South America to Europe (the northern part of it), via sea routes, exporting it through land routes to heavy tonnage vehicles, towards Italy.

Italian authorities have seized a considerable amount of cocaine-like narcotics at a value of over 1,300kg. This amount after entering Italian territory was allegedly stored and stored, to be distributed on 6 operational logistical bases created by the criminal group throughout Italian territory.

Within these bases used for storage and storage of narcotics, responsible persons are suspected of following through on the distribution of narcotics quantities and money collectionsWhat? to benefit from the sale. The considerable amount of money revenue from narcotics trafficking was allegedly transferred to the leaders of the criminal group through so-called khmoney mustes  (Volunteers / financial transporters) who are part of the criminal group, including some bus drivers working on the Italy-Albanian line.

In addition to security measures, set aside today, during the investigative event conducted by Italian authorities, 10 subjects have been arrested, part of the criminal group and seized over 550,000 euros.tea, 10 autovesturas, 1 semiautomatic pistols and 130kg of narcotic (cocaine and heroin) which, in the event it was launched, could cost about 12m euros.

Of the 24 persons for whom the deployment of security measures, <x0) prison arrest” and “house arrest” by Italian authorities has been verified that 6 of them are located in Albania, 3 of which have been arrested.

Also, during preliminary investigations into this prosecution, the necessary evidence has been collected, which proves that Igli Hadziaj, in the quality of the Judiciary Police Officer at the Directorate of the Special Operations Force, in the State Police General Directorate, in charge of conducting investigative and criminal proceedings in question has revealed to suspected persons, data of the procedure acts that constituted “investigative”. According to the SPAK, it has sought irregular monetary benefits in exchange for revealing classified data, as well as conducting further actions and inactions contrary to the law, which constitute regular non-fulfillment of duty. /Periscope/