During a police operation in Tirana, a quantity of 7 tons of suspected smuggled coffee was seized.
Through a notification, the Police announced that in connection with this case, one person was arrested and five others were declared wanted, as collaborators in the transportation and storage of coffee packages.
It is suspected that these citizens, in cooperation with each other, presented to the customs of Qafë Thana, falsified documentation of the origin and order of the goods they transported, in order to avoid customs duties, and the truck that transported the amount of coffee, they did not have unloaded at the Vora customs, as they stated at the first border point.
" The Sector for the Investigation of Economic and Financial Crimes, after a genuine investigative work, under the direction of the Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of the General Jurisdiction of Tirana, has finalized the police operation coded "Coffee seeds".
During the operation, 28 pallets of coffee, weighing about 7 tons, suspected of being smuggled, were seized.
One citizen was arrested and 5 others were declared wanted, collaborators in the transportation and storage of coffee packages.
The services of the Sector for the Investigation of Economic and Financial Crimes, following the work for the prevention, identification and attack of criminal activity in the field of smuggling of various goods, arrested the citizen FK, 33 years old, resident in Tirana. Also, efforts are being made to capture citizens ET, 30 years old, MT, 33 years old, A. Ç., 33 years old, I. Ç., 35 years old, and AS, 33 years old.
It is suspected that these citizens, in cooperation with each other, presented to the customs of Qafë Thana, falsified documentation of the origin and order of the goods they transported, in order to avoid customs duties, and the truck that transported the amount of coffee, they did not have unloaded at the Vora customs, as they stated at the first border point.
During the control exercised in the residence of citizen AS, in Thumane, the Police services found and seized as material evidence, 28 pallets of coffee, weighing about 7 tons, suspected of being smuggled.
The materials were passed to the Prosecutor's Office ," the Police announced.