New details have been revealed by the investigative group regarding the mega-operation coded "Syri", where about 1 ton of cannabis was seized and 3 Albanians Arbër Saraseli, Saverjo Imeraj, Qemal Pekmezi and two Ukrainians, the drivers of the boat in which they were arrested, were arrested. found narcotics, while Gregor Likaj from Vlora is wanted.
News24 reports that the group that was hit yesterday was under investigation by the Vlora Police for almost a year.
Sources from the investigative group indicate that the investigations have led to another criminal group operating in Vlora and Fier in coordination with the group arrested in Vlora and the person wanted as the leader of the criminal group. More arrests are expected soon.
It is suspected that the drugs were loaded in the Vjosa estuary and transported to the depths of the sea in three plastic boats that had turned off the GPS.
The GDF and FRONTEX, after being notified by the Albanian police about the amount of drugs and the boat that had taken them, conducted an aerial pursuit. The craft was captured 18 miles off Santa Maria.
The Vlora Police in coordination with the Criminal Police Department, under the direction of the Prosecutor's Office of the Judicial District of Vlora, are working to document the activity of the other criminal group.
Meanwhile, the State Police and the Prosecutor's Office of Vlora continue to cooperate with the GDF and the Italian law enforcement agencies to collect the investigative material for this case.
The Police of Vlora seized 3 boats (boats) and 2 vehicles, while the GDF seized the boat in which narcotics were found.
About 250 police forces were involved in the operation, which carried out checks and pursuits from land, sea and from the air with GDF and Frontex helicopters. The controls were finalized with the blocking of the vessel that had the narcotics and the arrest of the persons who had organized its trafficking.