Two people have been arrested by the police and another has been declared wanted, suspected of being members of a criminal group, who were carrying out their activities in the field of firearms trafficking.
Jurgen Suca, 26, and Segest Meti, 20, were arrested, while RA, 20, all residents of Shkodra, was declared wanted. These individuals had hidden a firearm equipped with a silencer inside a television set, which had been divided into parts, with the aim of trafficking it to England.
The television was loaded into a truck, which was stopped for inspection in the "New Boulevard" area in Tirana, while the driver was unaware of the weapon. Investigations are ongoing to arrest other people involved.
Meanwhile, the arrested Segest Meti was sentenced in England to 3 years and 2 months in prison for stabbing in Basingstoke, an event that occurred on January 13, 2024. He was also previously a cyclist with the Vllaznia team.
Police Announcement
"Tirana/The police operation codenamed "Method" is finalized."
A case of firearms trafficking from Albania to England is cracked.
1 firearm, a pistol with a silencer, was seized, divided into parts and hidden inside a television.
3 citizens are identified. 2 of them are arrested and another is wanted, who are suspected of acting in a group, with the aim of carrying out the criminal activity of arms trafficking outside Albania.
As a result of information received in operational channels about a case of firearms trafficking, from several citizens from Shkodra, the services of Police Commissariat No. 3, in cooperation with the Shkodra DVP, have organized and finalized the police operation codenamed "Method".
In the place called "Bulevardi i ri", in Tirana, the services of the Police Commissariat No. 3 Tirana, have carried out a search of a truck in which it was suspected that some citizens had hidden a firearm to traffic it. From the search inside a television, the Police services found and seized the firearm with a silencer, divided into parts.
Following the operation in cooperation with the Shkodra Local Police Directorate, citizens JS, 26 years old, and SM, 20 years old, were arrested, and citizen RA, 20 years old, all three residents of Shkodra, were declared wanted.
These citizens, in collaboration with each other, attempted to traffic a firearm with a silencer, destined for England, through the truck of a citizen who was unaware of the weapon inside the television.
Investigations continue, under the direction of the Prosecutor's Office, to fully document the criminal activity of these citizens, who are suspected of trafficking other weapons, as well as to identify and capture others involved.
"The procedural materials were passed to the Prosecutor's Office for further action," the police announced.