Journalist Flamur Vezaj spoke about the arrest of Dritan Rexhepi, saying that the latter's connections with criminal groups in Latin America and connections with Albanian groups make him strong.
In a journalist interview, he emphasized that the American DEA was also involved in his capture because Rexhepi was wanted by several countries.
Among other things, he emphasized that Rexhepi's wife and children were under surveillance, which led to the latter's imprisonment.
" What I think makes Rexhep powerful are his criminal connections with Latin American groups and Albanian groups that had access to Italian mafia groups through port control.
In various ports of Europe, some Albanians have direct contacts with Italian mafia groups to extract large quantities of cocaine from various ports. This made Rexhep powerful because he had recognition.
I have not seen in my career that such a character is reflected in so many international media.
From the information I have, the American DEA was also a contributor because it was one of the most wanted characters in all countries. His arrest is a collaboration between Interpol and DEA.
INTERPOL is believed to have been notified of the surveillance of his wife and children, which led to his arrest, " he said.
Considered the "head" of the drug cartel, or the "king of cocaine", Dritan Rexhepi is accused of numerous criminal offences, including the hostage-taking and murder of Jan Prenga several years ago. Dritan Rexhepi was declared an international wanted suspect for many criminal offences. He was also wanted in Spain, Italy and Great Britain as accused of cocaine trafficking.
In Albania, he was sentenced in absentia to 25 years in prison, for the murder of two policemen in Fushë-Kruja, Arben Keqi and Durim Kasmi, which happened in 1998.
A year earlier, he was arrested in the premises of the "Hotel Tirana" together with Nadien Zeneli, but he would escape from the premises of the Durrës police station.