The State Police has issued an official announcement about the arrest of the drug baron, Gëzim Çela.
The 55-year-old, who has been wanted for years by the Albanian and Italian police, was arrested as part of the coded operation "Sad End", as a result of the cooperation between the Albanian Police, the Kosovo Police and the law enforcement agencies of strategic partner countries.
"The Kosovo Police, based on the information received from the Albanian Police, organized and finalized the coded police operation "Sad End", during which, in Ferizaj, the citizen: Gëzim Çelaj (Çela), 55, was captured and imprisoned. years old, born and resident in Kruja. This citizen was declared wanted, after the Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime, Tirana, assigned the security measure "Arrest in prison", for the criminal offenses "Trafficking of narcotics", carried out in collaboration, within the framework of to the structured criminal group and "Commitment of criminal offenses by the criminal organization and the structured criminal group", informs the police.
Also, this citizen was declared an international wanted by Interpol Tirana, after "the former Court of Serious Crimes has sentenced him to 10 years and 8 months of imprisonment, for the criminal offenses of "Trafficking in narcotics" and "Production and possession of weapons without a permit and war munitions", since:
On 12.06.2014, in the early hours of the morning, the citizen R. H. was caught red-handed with the narcotic substance cocaine, which was sent from Kosovo to Albania, on behalf of the citizen Gëzim Çelaj. In the apartments of the latter, in Kurbin and in Tirana, checks were carried out and 207 kg of cannabis sativa, 22 kg of heroin, 500 grams of cocaine and 14 firearms of various types were found and seized.
The 55-year-old was also wanted internationally by Interpol Rome, Italy, since in 2012, the Italian judicial authorities sentenced him to 19 years, 9 months and 29 days of imprisonment, for committing the criminal offenses of "Organizer of illegal migration" and " "Criminal organization for the exploitation of prostitution", provided by the Italian Criminal Code", informs the police.