The State Police, in cooperation with international partners, has located and arrested two wanted Albanian citizens.
21-year-old Danjel Lalaj was arrested in Germany, accused by SPAK as part of a criminal group in drug trafficking, against whom the GjKKO had imposed the security measure "Arrest in prison" since 2021. According to SPAK, Lalaj was part of a group that planted 4,000 cannabis plants in Puka in 2021. The criminal group, which Lalaj was also part of, also had the support of state police and local structures.
Meanwhile, 25-year-old Bekim Çelaj, who was wanted for cultivation of narcotic plants and illegal possession of weapons, was arrested in the United Kingdom, with a security measure of "Arrest in prison" since 2022. Çelaj had planted cannabis in Tropoja in 2022. The plot where the cannabis was cultivated was monitored with security cameras, to protect it from police detection.
'-the arrest in Germany of citizen DL, 21 years old, born in Puka, after the Criminal Court, in 2021, assigned him the security measure "Arrest in prison", for the criminal offense "Production and sale of narcotics", committed within the framework of a structured criminal group;
-the arrest in the United Kingdom of citizen B. Ç., 25 years old, born in Tropoja, after the Court in 2022 assigned him the security measure "Arrest in prison", for the criminal offenses "Cultivation of narcotic plants" and "Unlicensed possession and production of weapons, explosive weapons and ammunition", the police announced.
Interpol Tirana is working to finalize their extradition procedures to Albania.