42-year-old arrested for transporting illegal migrants to Greece, €6,800 seized

As part of the operation codenamed “Kthesa”, Berat Police have struck a suspected case of illegal border crossing towards Greece.

A 42-year-old from Berat was arrested in flagrante, while a peer of his from Laç was prosecuted at liberty. According to the police, the arrested man was transporting the citizen from Laç by vehicle, with the aim of crossing the border illegally.

During the operation, €6,800 suspected of having been gained from the illegal activity were seized, along with three mobile phones and the vehicle.

The investigations into this case were carried out for about a month with proactive methods, under the direction of the Prosecution.

Police notice

Berat Local Police Directorate / The operation codenamed “Kthesa” is finalised.

A 42-year-old is arrested for transporting an Albanian citizen who was to cross illegally into Greece.

The 42-year-old resident of Laç, who was to cross the border illegally, is placed under investigation.

€6,800 suspected of having been gained from the illegal transport, 3 mobile phones and the vehicle in which the 2 citizens were travelling are seized.

The specialists of the Narcotics Investigation Section, in cooperation with the services of the Special Operational Force, as a result of a one-month investigation with proactive methods, carried out under the direction of the Prosecution, finalised the operation codenamed “Kthesa”, in the course of which citizen A. H., 42, resident in Berat, was arrested in flagrante, and citizen D. Rr., 42, resident in Laç, was prosecuted at liberty.

The vehicle driven by the arrested man, in which citizen D. Rr. was a passenger, was stopped near the Kakavija border crossing point, where citizen A. H. is suspected of having been transporting the prosecuted man so that he could cross the border illegally.

The procedural materials were referred to the Prosecution for further action.