
Two people from Prizren have been arrested in Kukës for trafficking weapons from Kosovo to Albania.
Police seized 8 pistols that were suspected of being sold illegally.
Citizens Shkëlqim Qenaj, 31 years old, and Avdulla Mallaki, 46 years old, both residents of Prizren, were arrested.
"8 firearms, pistols, were seized.
Two Kosovar citizens who had trafficked weapons through the green border with Kosovo, with the aim of selling them in Albania, were arrested.
Work continues to arrest other citizens involved in arms trafficking and citizens who would purchase the weapons, whose identities are not being disclosed due to the investigation.
As a result of the investigative and operational work carried out by the structures of the Kukes Local Police Directorate, under the direction of the Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction of Kukes, to crack down on the criminal activity of trafficking firearms from Kosovo to Albania, based on information obtained through operational channels, the police operation codenamed "Kalibri" was finalized.
As a result of the operation, citizens Sh. Q., 31 years old, and AM, 46 years old, both residents of Prizren, were arrested in flagrante delicto.
At the place called "Ura e Hasit", the Police services, during the search of the vehicle with the driver, citizen AM, and the passenger, citizen Sh. Q., found 8 firearms, pistols, which were seized as material evidence.
Investigations suspect that these citizens trafficked firearms from Kosovo to Albania, through the green border, and that they were going to sell them to 2 citizens who, upon seeing the police services, fled. Due to the investigation, we are not disclosing the details of these citizens. Work to capture them continues.
"The procedural materials were passed to the Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction of Kukës, for further action," the police announced.
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