Last night, the Korca Police executed the coded operation "Fajanca", after a 1-month investigation for cracking down on criminal activity in the field of firearms trafficking and illegal possession.
As a result, an 18-year-old man was arrested, whose weapons were found inside the "Mercedes-Benz" type vehicle, and it is suspected that he would cross them towards Greece through the green border.
The citizen Oresti Spaho , a resident of Korça, was put in handcuffs , who is accused of the criminal offenses "Trafficking of weapons and ammunition", "Unauthorized possession and production of weapons, explosive weapons and ammunition" and "Disobedience to the order of the employee of the public order police".
"Based on the information provided during the investigation period, that some citizens were trying to traffic firearms from Albania to Greece, through the green border, the Police services organized the work and located the type vehicle in district No. 10, Korçë" Mercedes-Benz", with which it is suspected that firearms were to be transported. The police officers signaled the citizen Oresti Spaho to stop the vehicle, but he did not obey their order and tried to leave quickly. but was immediately caught and detained.
During the search of the vehicle, 1 automatic rifle firearm, combat ammunition and 2 fire-conducting fuses were found, which were seized as material evidence, together with the vehicle," said the announcement of the Blues of Korça.
The police announces that the work continues for the complete legal documentation of this criminal activity and the legal responsibility of other persons suspected of being involved in it.
The materials were passed to the Prosecution at the Court of First Instance Korça, for further investigations.