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Girlfriend takes Albanian drug trafficker "by the throat" in Britain

2026-11-07 15:38:12Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Girlfriend takes Albanian drug trafficker "by the throat" in Britain

A drug trafficker who claimed he was trafficked to the UK and locked up in a cannabis factory faces deportation after photos showed him getting engaged, at a wedding party and at his girlfriend's graduation ceremony.

Igli Hazizaj said he feared for his life if he returned to his native Albania because of a debt his family owed to an organized crime gang.

But his story collapsed when his ex-girlfriend posted pictures from social media of him proposing to her in Manchester, at a stag party in Wales and celebrating her graduation in Swansea.

A judge at Manchester Civil Justice Centre has ordered the 28-year-old to return to his home country of Albania after ruling that he had "fabricated his entire story".

In February 2025, Hazizaj was jailed for two years after being convicted of conspiracy to produce cannabis. Carlisle Crown Court heard that he was the "key mover" in an operation that saw three townhouses converted into cannabis farms with the potential to earn more than £2m a year.

In December last year, Igli Hazizaj was ordered to be deported. But he appealed against the decision, telling a court hearing in Manchester that he had been trafficked to the UK and forced to work on cannabis farms after his father fell into debt with a local gang. Hazizaj said he was at 'real risk of serious harm in Albania'.

But the Interior Ministry disputed his claims. It pointed to “numerous inconsistencies” in his story, including flight records that showed he was traveling to and from Albania on several occasions when he claimed to have been “held captive.”

The court heard that Hazizaj will be extradited to Albania after being sentenced to nine months in prison after being caught trying to board a flight from Tirana to Barcelona with a forged Greek passport.

Dismissing his appeal, Judge Chris Cole concluded that Igli Hazizaj had 'fabricated his entire account'. He added: "I find that the appellant has failed to prove that his account of events is likely to be true.

"I do not accept that there is a reasonable likelihood that the appellant was trafficked to the United Kingdom and forced to work on cannabis farms. The appellant's travel history, his access to forged identity documents and his lifestyle in the United Kingdom indicate that he was not a victim of trafficking."

Igli Hazizaj did not attend the hearing on October 28. The court heard that efforts to locate him through his former partner and the law firm that previously represented him were unsuccessful.


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