They were trafficking 3.5 kg of cocaine and heroin worth over 800 thousand euros, 'Vortex' arrests 2 people in Vlora!

2025-01-30 09:28:22Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
They were trafficking 3.5 kg of cocaine and heroin worth over 800 thousand
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Two people have been arrested during an anti-drug operation in Vlora , where significant quantities of narcotics were seized.

The police announced that citizens with the initials VJ, 53 years old, and KM, 37 years old, who were transporting narcotics to Vlora, to sell to other citizens who distributed them in doses, have been arrested.

During this operation, the police seized about 3.4 kilograms of cocaine and 133 grams of heroin, worth about 810,000 euros.

Police announcement:

The police operation codenamed "VORTEX" is being finalized by the Narcotics Investigation Sector and the Special Operations Force, with the support of intelligence.

They were transporting quantities of narcotics to Vlora, to sell to other citizens who distributed them in doses. Two citizens were caught red-handed and put in handcuffs: Viktor Jaupaj and Kujtim Metaj.

About 3.4 kilograms of cocaine and 133 grams of heroin, worth about 810,000 euros, were seized.

Specialists of the Narcotics Investigation Sector, in cooperation with those of the Special Operational Force Sector, of the Vlora Police Department, in continuation of operations to crack down on criminal activities in the field of narcotics, based on information provided by police intelligence, have organized and finalized, after 4 weeks of investigations, the police operation codenamed "VORTEX". 

During this operation, citizens VJ, 53 years old, and KM, 37 years old, both residents of Fier, were arrested in flagrante delicto for the criminal offense of "Production and sale of narcotics."

In the village of Novoselë, the Police services have located and stopped the vehicle with the driver, citizen VJ, and the passenger, citizen KM, in which, during the search, they found and seized 400 grams of suspected cocaine, which is suspected of being transported to the city of Vlora, to be sold.

Following the actions, the structures of the Vlora DVP, supported by the services of the Fier DVP, carried out a search of the apartment of citizen VJ, in Fier, where they found and seized 2 kg and 979 grams of suspected cocaine and 133 grams of suspected heroin.

From the investigative actions, it is suspected that these citizens, after obtaining large quantities of narcotics in Fier, transported them to Vlora, where they then sold them to other citizens, who distributed them in doses. 

The narcotics, along with 3 electronic scales, 3 cell phones, and the vehicle that these citizens used for transportation, were seized as material evidence. 

Intensive work continues to identify and capture other citizens involved in this criminal activity.

The procedural materials were transferred to the Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Vlora, for further action.


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