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The head of a criminal organization involved in arms trafficking between Albania and Italy was arrested by the Lezha Police today, in cooperation with the Guardia di Financa and the expert's office at the Italian Embassy in Tirana.
30-year-old Françesk Mecaj, from Malësia e Madhe, with a significant criminal record in Milan, Italy, and twice convicted as the leader of a group in Lecco for weapons and drug trafficking, was arrested as a result of the operation codenamed "Dërgesa".
Two other people, the drivers of the minibus for transporting passengers from Albania to Italy, in whose luggage weapons were found, were also arrested. He is accused of having sent 5 firearms and ammunition to the neighboring country.
"The 30-year-old, with a significant criminal record in the field of drug trafficking and twice convicted as the leader of a criminal group operating in the town of Lecco near Milan/Italy, was arrested as a result of the operation. Two citizens, drivers of a passenger transport minibus, in whose luggage weapons and combat ammunition were found, were also arrested. 5 Kalashnikov-type automatic firearms were seized; hundreds of combat cartridges and 4 cartridge combs," the police announced.
The seizure took place at the border between Slovenia and Italy, where the minibus departing from Albania and bound for Italy, driven by suspects EM and AD, was stopped.
"The investigations of the Lezha Police made it possible to identify citizen FM, 30 years old, born in Shkodër and resident in Hot in Malesia e Madhe, who had sent the weapons to Italy in exchange for financial gain. From the collection and analysis of information, it resulted that this citizen provided weapons and combat ammunition for third parties in the EU, using private transport companies and camouflaging them in suitcases with various items," the police continued.
The procedural materials against Mecaj were transferred to the Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Lezha, for the criminal offense of "trafficking in weapons and ammunition".
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