An Albanian was sentenced to 15 years in prison for drug trafficking in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, a small country in the Caribbean archipelago.
According to a news report from local media, the court accepted the Public Prosecutor's request to convict the Albanian who in 2024 attempted to smuggle 40 packages of cocaine weighing 39.13 kilograms from Las Américas International Airport to Madrid, Spain.
Prosecutors presented the court with sufficient evidence to demonstrate the guilt of Albanian citizen Sejdin Kote, accused of national and international drug trafficking.
Investigating prosecutor César Augusto Veloz said that on the night of November 16, 2024, members of the Joint Information and Coordination Center of the National Drug Control Directorate were working at the airport terminal's X-ray machine. They noticed suspicious images on the suitcases of