An operation with 15 arrested was carried out today by the Italian authorities in the city of Brescia.
Two of those arrested in this operation were detained during the action in the city of Lezha. They are Tonin Kameri, also known as Aleks Ionescu, 44 years old and Pavlin Bregaj alias Pavlin Tuku, 32 years old.
Against these two citizens, the Court of Brescia, Italy, has assigned the security measure "Arrest in prison", for the criminal offense "Criminal organization with the aim of trafficking in narcotics", provided by the Criminal Code of Italy.
According to the Italian authorities, investigations into this group had started since 2019, with special methods, phone tapping and GPS. It is believed that this group has managed to distribute an amount of 6.5 kilograms of cocaine in recent times.
During the action, 15 people, Albanians and Italians, were arrested, 4 of whom were given prison terms, 7 were under house arrest and 4 were banned from leaving the country.
The Albanian police say that as part of this operation, the citizen DM, alias DK, 48 years old, resident of Lezhë, was also detained, as it is suspected that with his free will, he allowed his cousin, the citizen TK, alias AI, to he used his identity to evade the Italian Police.
"From the investigative actions carried out in Italy, it is suspected that citizens TK, alias AI and PB, alias PT, together with 7 other citizens already arrested by the Italian police, are members of a criminal organization for cocaine trafficking, an organization with activity in Italy. During the development of this operation, the Italian Police seized, as material evidence, about 7 kg of the narcotic substance cocaine", informs the police of Lezha.