Laert Haxhiu, one of the 5 most wanted by the Albanian Police, was seen in Lushnje, in the place where was the base of the criminal group where he was part. The news was announced by the journalist of the chronicle Artan Hoxha, who says that he was tried to be arrested.
Hoxha further adds that the Greek police had arrested a person where he suspected that Laert Haxhiu was, but after the verifications it was understood that it was not about him, but about a person similar to Laert Haxhiu.
"Laert Haxhiu. The only one left from the Lushnja group. Very powerful. Like Kaloshi or Bilbili. There is no doubt that Haxhiu is very important. It is not of this level and that breaks. It has openly challenged the Albanian state. It was seen two weeks ago in Lushnje. I traveled to Athens and the Greeks caught a person near Kallamata. It matched the data. It was suspected that the Greeks arrested Laert Haxhiu. It would be great success is another caliber. But it turned out that he is not the one caught. "It's very dangerous." said Hoxha in Abc.
Laert Haxhiu has been wanted for three years after being accused as the perpetrator of the double murder of Zamir Latifi and Jurgen Hoxha and the wounding of Marius Xhepexhiu, an event recorded in 2017. He is also suspected as the perpetrator of the murder of Aldo Bares's group member, Gerti Lala. The court sentenced Laert Haxhiu to 13 years in prison in absentia.
For the Lushnja massacre in 2017, GJKKO sentenced Orgest Bilbil and Anterio Kaloshi to life imprisonment. When the Lushnja massacre took place, the target was Aldo Bares's grandson, Julio Shkurti, but he managed to escape the bullets in the bar after getting up from the table a few minutes earlier, while the victims were Zamir Latifi and Jurgen Hoxha and they were injured. Marjus Xhepexhiu and Bujar Turku.