Indictment filed against Albanian citizen suspected of transporting some 4.8 kilograms of marijuana

The Basic Prosecution in Gjakova, Department for Serious Crimes, has filed an indictment against a citizen of the Republic of Albania, identified by the initials A.B., on suspicion of the criminal offense of unauthorized purchase, possession, distribution and sale of narcotics.

According to the Prosecution, the case occurred on April 3, 2026, at around 12:30, on “Megzon Boshnjaku” street in Gjakova.

The indictment states that the defendant, with the intent to sell or distribute without authorization, is suspected of having possessed and transported substances classified by law as narcotics.

Kosovo Police, after securing information about the case, had placed the defendant under surveillance; he was stopped with his Ford Focus in the parking lot of a restaurant.

After police investigators identified and searched the vehicle, ten bags filled with a suspected narcotic substance of the marijuana type were found on the back seat.

The substance was seized and then sent for examination to the Kosovo Agency for Forensics.

According to the AKF report, the seized substance was found to be marijuana with a total weight of 4 kilograms and 855.9 grams.

Through these actions, the Prosecution alleges that A.B. committed the criminal offense of “unauthorized purchase, possession, distribution and sale of narcotics, psychotropic substances and analogues,” under Article 267, paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo.

Upon filing the indictment, the case prosecutor proposed to the court that, after the trial and the administration of evidence, the defendant be found guilty and sentenced according to the law, as Telegrafi reports.