2 months in prison for "Cipuri", the former member of the Gaxhai gang

2024-02-24 13:26:49Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
2 months in prison for "Cipuri", the former member of the Gaxhai gang
Armando Sulejmani

The Durrës court has set the security measure of 2 months in prison for Armando Sulejmani, known by the nickname "Çipuri", a former member of the Gaxhai gang.

The Court of Durrës has validated the arrest as legal. Judge Shpëtime Pitaku assessed this period as sufficient for the prosecution to document the charge brought against him for vehicle theft.

Sulejmani was arrested two days ago while traveling in a car with stolen license plates, which was suspected to be used in criminal events.

In the court session for the security measure, Çipuri declared that the vehicle is not his.

"The car belongs to my friend, not mine, I used it. I was not aware of the number plates being stolen", he said in court.

The license plates of the "Mercedes Benz" type vehicle driven by Armando Sulejmani were stolen and belonged to a "Land Rover" type vehicle, stolen on 03.11.2023, in Tirana.

During the check in the trunk of the "Mercedes Benz" type vehicle, the original license plates of this vehicle were found. 

LZ citizen, 26 years old, resident of Tirana, owner of the vehicle driven by the 48-year-old man, suspected of being an accomplice in the theft of the "Land Rover" type vehicle, was declared wanted.

Armando Sulejmani is a well-known character to the police, suspected and accused in several criminal events. He has also escaped at least 2 assassination attempts so far. In 2019, Sulejmani escaped an assassination attempt in Vlora. In this case, Arjan Hasani and Orest Rexho were killed by the shooting. "Cipuri", who was suspected to be the target of this assassination, was injured. For this event, the 48-year-old man was arrested for possession of a weapon without a permit, after it was discovered that he had a firearm with him.

While in 2016, he escaped another assassination attempt near his home in the "Pavarësia" neighborhood of Vlora. Even in this case he was injured. At that time, Suleimani had just been released from prison, having completed his sentence for murder.

The Gaxhai gang in Vlora operated during 1997 and its members were charged with criminal offenses such as possession of weapons, murder, hostage taking, fines. In 2002, Sulejmani was sentenced to 20 years in prison for murder. He was found guilty by the Court of Appeal for the murder of Robert Borak, in 2002, a decision that was later upheld by the Supreme Court.


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