The ship seized by the police was hijacked, 4 Egyptians and an Albanian were handcuffed in Saranda

2023-11-15 19:28:51Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The ship seized by the police was hijacked, 4 Egyptians and an Albanian were
Port of Limion, Saranda, Illustrative photo

Four fishing workers as well as the owner of a seized vessel have been handcuffed by the Saranda police.

The blues of the coastal city report that four Egyptian citizens, fishing workers, and the owner of the seized ship in this year's incident have been arrested.

According to the police, they took from the Port of Limion in Saranda the ship that had been stranded for several months. In addition, criminal proceedings have been initiated against the border police officer who was tasked with guarding the seized vehicles.

Police notification:

They towed without permission a sailing vessel, seized by the Police, which was anchored in the port, 4 citizens were arrested and put in handcuffs.

The 4 arrested citizens, members of the crew of the fishing vessel that towed the sailing vessel from the place where it was kept by the Border Police.

The employee of the Saranda Border Police, who was responsible for guarding the sailing vessel, is being prosecuted.

The services of the Sarandë Police Station, after receiving the notification that in the port of Limion, Sarandë, a sailing vessel that was seized in the last month of this year was seized by being towed by a fishing vessel, immediately organized the work and have started investigations related to the event, under the direction of the Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of the General Jurisdiction of Saranda and in cooperation with the Police Surveillance Agency (Vlora/Gjirokastër Region). 

As a result of the engagement of the Vlora Border Police, Delta Force and Guardia di Finanza services, it became possible to find and block the sailing vessel, which was being towed by a fishing vessel on board of which the crew was located consisting of 5 citizens. 

Following the investigative and procedural actions carried out for this case, the following citizens were arrested in the act:

- AN, 53 years old, fishing boat driver;

- AE, 55 years old, SG, 40 years old, ME, 43 years old and IA, 34 years old, all four Egyptian nationals, fishing workers.

These citizens are suspected of having, in cooperation with each other, stolen the sailing vessel seized by the Police, which was blocked in the port of Limion, with the claim that this sailing vessel was their property.

Also, following the actions for this case, the specialists of the Police Surveillance Agency (Vlora/Gjirokastër Region) referred the materials to the Prosecutor's Office, where the proceedings began in a free state for the police officer Inspector AM, with the duty of the service corps at the Police Station. Saranda border, after not taking measures to preserve the seized sailing vessel and not ascertaining the absence of the vessel, after leaving the service.

The procedural materials were passed to the Prosecution at the Court of First Instance of the General Jurisdiction of Sarandë, for further actions.


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