
The Special Court has declared former officer Adriatik Logli innocent, who was accused as part of an operation to crack down on a structured criminal drug cultivation and trafficking group with over 40 arrests.
Citizen Xhuliano Aliu was sentenced to 5 years while Kristi Dautaj was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
This Friday, in another separate trial, the verdict was announced for three other defendants, namely Bujar Brahaj who was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with a shortened trial of 6.8 years, Ertjan Pjetërgjokaj with 8 years, with a shortened trial of 5.4. While Elton Ukaj with 7 years, 4.8 with a shortened trial.
Fejzo Meçaj, a police officer at the Tepelena Police Station, who was previously convicted, and Adriatik Logli, a police officer at the Gjirokastër Local Police Directorate, were accused of abuse of office and were initially remanded in custody.
During the investigations, SPAK said it identified 13 criminal episodes of trafficking, production and sale of narcotics, as well as the cultivation of narcotic plants in Vlora, Tepelena, Durrës, Tirana and Lezha, by 5 criminal groups.
The alleged criminal acts were committed during the period from March to November 2020.
According to SPAK, Fejzi Meçaj and Adriatik Logli facilitated the work of drug traffickers. The rest of the group of 32 people were sentenced to a total of 200 years and 6 months in prison.