Illegal hotel in Gjirokastra seized, arrest warrants issued for owner and IMT employee (NAMES)

2025-04-28 16:12:53Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Illegal hotel in Gjirokastra seized, arrest warrants issued for owner and IMT
Gjirokaster Police

The Gjirokastra Prosecutor's Office has ordered the seizure of a hotel built without a permit.

The prosecution has also issued a "prison arrest" measure for the hotel owner, Roland Skëndo, and "house arrest" for IMT employee, Arjan Dani, who is accused of having conducted a false expertise, for failing to ascertain the continuation of the works, despite the fact that the Territory Protection Inspectorate had ordered them to be stopped.

Prosecutor's Office Announcement:

Built without a permit despite the IMT decision, the Gjirokastra Prosecutor's Office issues security measures for the builder and the expert, the hotel is seized

The Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Gjirokastra imposed the measure 'Arrest in prison' on citizen RS suspected of the criminal offense 'Illegal construction' for profit purposes provided for in Article 199/a/4 of the Criminal Code and the measure 'House arrest' on citizen AD suspected of the criminal offense 'False expertise' for profit purposes provided for in Article 309 p.2 of the Criminal Code.

Likewise, within the framework of the investigations on criminal proceedings no. 556 dated 03.11.2023, the Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction Gjirokastër has imposed preventive seizure on the property no. 24-108-ND/1+1-2, zk. 8541, surface area 247 m2, adapted as a hotel, located in the "18 Shtatori" neighborhood of Gjirokastër, owned by the RS citizen, who, despite the decision of the Inspectorate of Territorial Protection, Gjirokastër Municipality to suspend unauthorized works, has continued with the completion of the construction of the hotel.

Preliminary investigations suspect that citizen RS influenced citizen AD to compile a false expert report according to which the work performed was only of an internal nature. In these circumstances, at the request of the Prosecutor's Office, appropriate security measures were also imposed.


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