Prosecution File: What did the policeman and the other two who were found 1m euros hidden in the van say?

The suspects in this case are Aurel Kaziu, a police officer in the state police ranks, namely at the number 5 Commissionership in Tirana, Ardit Laska and Etnik Ahmadojaj, who were arrested and detained.

KA LLXO.com has secured the request for the security measure, through which the special prosecutor has asked for one month's detention of the three defendants, on the grounds of their escape, extermination, hiding, changing and forging evidence. The same are being suspected of “money laundering”.

“There is a suspicion that defendants deliberately and knowing that the designated property has been acquired through criminal activity, have entered the territory of the Republic of Kosovo”- reportedly in demand for the appointment of a security measure against Albanian police and two other persons caught in Merdara, transporting an undeclared 1m euros.

According to the file, the “type van Sprnter”, with Albanian license plates, had entered Kosovo through Merdare driven by defendant Edmir Ahmadojkaj, who was accompanied by two other defendants; Aurel Kaziu and Ardit Laska. The file says that the “bunkerin” improvised in the van has found 18 packages with bank notes 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 euros.

The three who were questioned have claimed to be drivers.

Defendant Edmir Ahmadojkaj in the statement given to customs investigators in 24.02.26 said there was no knowledge of the money found in the van. He explained he had travelled to Germany in 22.02.2026 to work in distribution of posts for different clients. He stayed at the hotel around 10:00 and planned to leave for Albania in 25.02.2026.

The defendant, Aurel Kaziu, who is a police officer in Albania, in the statement given to customs investigators in 24,02.2026, declared that in 21,02.2026, he had left Tirana for Germany with a blue van, which he had changed to Kosovo with the van being stopped by Dogan.

The company had taken it from Kosovo to Tirana. He said he had stayed one night in Dortmund and then met with Edmir Ahmadojkain in Cil, where they had eaten together and then continued on to Albania. For the confiscated money, he claimed he had no knowledge at all” - said in the secure file.

And the third defendant, Ardit Laska, according to the file, claimed to have gone to Germany for the first time in three months. He denied any connection to the money. He said he contacted a company through the Instagram for transport to Germany.

The company had given Aurel Kaziu contact and the location of the starting point. In 23.02.26, he and Aureel Kaziun and Edmir Ahmadojkaj were launched from Dortmund to Albania”- the file continues.

The value of 1m euros found in a secret area in a van allegedly benefited through criminal activity.

The files said the suspects when they were detained and questioned by customs investigators had denied having something to declare.

Ahmadojkaj, Kaziu and Laska were detained at the border point at 24,02.2026 around 13:00. All three have been initially detained for a raid by Kosovo Customs, while digital X-ray equipment has been encountered in some suspicion of monetary means hidden inside a van. /Periscope

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