
Four people have fallen into handcuffs and 7 others have been processed at large as they were storing and selling packs of smuggled cigarettes in their shops.
This action was developed within the "Cigarette" operation.
According to the Tirana police, the citizens were detained; Flamur Zeqiraj, Pavlin Jakaj, Artur Shehu, Edmond Ftoni.
While the procedural materials were passed to the Prosecution, for further actions.
"Specialists of the Section for the Investigation of Economic and Financial Crimes, following the work for the prevention, identification and suppression of criminal activity in the field of smuggling of goods, after a real investigative work, in the direction of the Prosecution at the Court of First Instance of The Tirana General Jurisdiction, based on the information provided through information intelligence, successfully organized and finalized the coded police operation "Cigarette". As a result of this operation, the security measure "Arrest in prison" was executed for citizens: 68 years old, 43 years old, 29 years old, and another person 26 years old, all residents of Tirana. In addition, the procedure started in a free state for citizens aged 51 years, AH, 51 years, 37 years, 50 years, 59 years, 55 years and all residents of Tirana. From the investigative actions, it has been found that these citizens smuggled, stored and sold cigarettes in their commercial entities, as well as hid the income gained from this activity" , the police announcement states.
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