Tirana Police have finalized the police operation codenamed "Scheme", uncovering a fraud case worth 40 thousand euros, as well as an illegal activity of cultivating narcotics in closed environments.
According to the Police, five citizens, introducing themselves through communications on an application as people known to the victim, took the sum of 40 thousand euros from a 55-year-old man in the Rinas roundabout area, then drove away in an "Audi Q5" vehicle.
As a result of the investigations, the following citizens were arrested:
KT, 36 years old, resident of Divjaka
I. Gj., 24 years old, resident of Divjaka
AL, 39 years old, resident of Kavaja
E. Rr., 38 years old, resident of Kavaja (for failure to report a crime)
Meanwhile, the following citizens have been declared wanted:
EB, 34 years old
LM, 35 years old
During the search of citizen AL's apartment, where E. Rr. was also found, the police discovered an environment adapted for the cultivation of narcotic plants, equipped with lamps and electric fans.
As part of the operation, the following were seized:
dozens of Cannabis plants
Amount of Cocaine and Cannabis
indoor growing equipment
4 mobile phones
1 "Audi Q5" vehicle, used by the perpetrators.