Durres, three weapons hidden in the car being sent from Kosovo to Congo

The Land Rover customs transit vehicle from Kosovo to Albania with the final destination of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has entered the Republic of Albania through the Border Cross Point Morina on 20.12.22.

The container where the vehicle was located was closed in the container square at the port of Durres since December 2022 after the sender had not been submitted to perform customs operations, and on the date 04.06.2025, the Customs Branch Authority decided to conduct the opening and control procedure on this container, reports Euronews.al, conscript Periscope.

“During the physical control exercised in the Land Rover vehicle, police services calculated inside of vehicle in a space adapted to 2 automatic firearms, 1 pistol gungun, 1580 rounds of various calibres and 12 rounds of bullets for automatic weapons and pistols.

From the investigative and procedural actions carried out by the investigative structures of DVP Durres and Durres Port Borders for the legal record of this event has become possible identification and the search for the alleged author of arms possession and involved in the trafficking of arms and ammunition from Kosovo at the destination of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Kosovo citizen Y was effectively declared at large. I, 24, and follows work in co-operation with the Kosovo Police on his location and capture”, police suggested.

Fire weapons will be sent to the Institute of the Scientific Police to undergo technical, ballistic and dactilloscopic examinations to see if they were used in any previous criminal event.