Armando Ndreca , an employee of the Regional Directorate of Tax Investigation in Shkodër , at the same time the brother of the socialist deputy of the district of Lezha , Eduard Ndreca, has been detained by the police on suspicion of being involved in the cultivation of cannabis .
The 32-year-old Ndreca , who you see in this photo , was arrested on Wednesday evening in the city of Lezha and is in the premises of the police station.
The arrest of the socialist deputy's brother came after a several-month investigation by the Lezha Police on the cultivation of cannabis in the forests of Kashnjet.
The police intervened on Wednesday and arrested Armando Ndreca's brother-in-law , Armel Nikdukaj , 27 years old, and his friend Elvis Shpellzai, 28 years old.
Both Nikdukaj and Shpellzai were caught in the stable that they had converted into a grass house, these are the images released by the police from the " Image 1 " operation where the narcotic plants and the lamps that were used to grow them are seen.
During the operation, 2973 narcotic plants were seized, some of them seedlings ready to be cultivated in the ground, a quantity of narcotic substance cannabis sativa, 50 lamps, ventilation equipment and three mobile phones.
While during the control in the apartments of Nikdukaj and Shpellazi in the city of Koplik, 3 cold weapons and a mask were seized.
Sources from the investigative group announced that anti-drug officers have been keeping the two cannabis growers under surveillance for several months.
Likewise, their phones were tapped, where Armel Nikdukaj spoke with his brother-in-law Armando Ndreca.
His role in this criminal activity is not yet known, as the police have not announced the arrest for Ndreca, but keep him under escort as a person suspected of criminal activity. During the questioning, the deputy's brother stated that he has nothing to do with drugs.