Ergys Agasi’s arrest, Karanxha: There was no leak, important evidence was found during the capture

The police operation carried out a few weeks ago, which led to the arrest of Ergys Agasi, accused in the AKSHI file, and former police employee Uljan Shpataraku, was discussed this evening in the studio of the programme “Repolitix” with journalist Denis Minga on Report Tv.

Former prosecutor Ervin Karanxha said during his remarks that important evidence was found during Agasi’s arrest, which also served to impose the security measure “house arrest” on the former head of SHISH, Vlora Hyseni.

He also said that Agasi, having been declared wanted, made a mistake by making uncontrolled movements and, according to Karanxha, those mistakes led to his arrest.

Referring to Shpataraku’s statements to the Police, in which he claimed he did not know Agasi but had picked him up by chance on the road, Karanxha said the former policeman had made a tactical mistake, because he should not have spoken before seeing the evidence.

“I think there was no leak. Mr Agasi made a mistake, because like any wanted person, you cannot move freely. You have to be more restricted. During the capture there was also important evidence in connection with the event. Part of the evidence seized served as evidence for the security measure against Hyseni. Shpataraku made a tactical mistake. Without seeing the evidence you cannot talk, about how I met Berti, and so on. Shpataraku is making his own claim. He spoke without seeing the file. It is better to see the file. He spoke without being sure. The files will be verified,” Karanxha said, among other things.

On the other hand, lawyer Edmond Petraj said during his remarks that the operation to arrest Agasi and Shpataraku resembled a thriller more than reality.

Petraj said he found it unbelievable that a wanted man like Agasi would make all those movements. The second unbelievable thing, according to him, is the duration of the operation, because, he said, the Police could have arrested him immediately as soon as they spotted him, without giving him time to move for hours on end.

“I am not at all convinced by this kind of operation. First, that a wanted person would make all these movements… the Police’s aim was to capture this person. Why didn’t they capture him along the whole route? There is an extraordinary gap there. It leaves me points of doubt. It seems to me more like a nicely fabricated thriller than an operation about which we say he did this or he did that. An experienced lawyer who deals with this part, first of all, it carries no weight at all in the process he has. Second, if you analyse how he was captured, I cannot professionally reconcile how, with that gap of 4 hours and 41 minutes and with such a full surveillance arc lasting from morning until evening, it does not convince me,” Petraj said, among other things.