An employee of the Territory Protection Inspectorate in Berat has been handcuffed by the police after being accused of abusing his duty by taking bribes for an unauthorized construction.
"The Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of the Berat General Jurisdiction, within the framework of criminal proceedings with no. 339 of 2024, in cooperation with the Economic Crime Officers at the Berat Local Police Directorate, has arrested in flagrante delicto the KP citizen with the duty of inspector in the Berat Territory Defense Inspectorate."
According to the announcement of the Prosecutor's Office, the inspector benefited from an amount of 200 thousand old leks and the person who gave him the bribe then reported him to the police.
"His arrest was made for the criminal offenses of "Abuse of duty" provided for by Article 248 of the Criminal Code and "Passive corruption of persons exercising public functions" provided for by Article 259 of the Criminal Code, as he illegally benefited from a an amount of 20,000 ALL from the complainant, citizen Th.Gj. against avoiding the administrative fine for a suspected unauthorized construction that the complainant was carrying out. Thanks to the cooperation of the complainant and the use of simulated actions, the event was documented and the amount of money was seized as material evidence."