The operation is finalized/ The young man is arrested in Tirana, the first details emerge

A 23-year-old man was arrested in Tirana, after he was caught driving around armed with a firearm in his car.

The blue uniforms indicate that a quantity of combat ammunition (180 cartridges) was found in the 23-year-old's apartment, which were seized as material evidence together with the pistol. After the verifications, it turned out that the 23-year-old had violated the "House Arrest" security measure.

Police Notification

The 23-year-old was put in handcuffs as he was driving an armed vehicle and had violated the "House Arrest" security measure.

Services of Police Station No. 3 in cooperation with the "Shqiponja" Special Force, following the work to combat illegality in the field of illegal possession of weapons, based on information intelligence about a citizen who was walking armed on "Egnatia" street, immediately organized the work for the capture his and have finalized the coded police operation "Zastava". As a result, SK citizen, 23 years old, resident in Tirana, was arrested in the act.

On the "Egnatia" road, the police services stopped the vehicle driven by the citizen SK, and during the inspection of the vehicle, they found a firearm. Following the actions, during the search of the apartment, a quantity of military ammunition (180 cartridges) was found, which were seized as material evidence together with the pistol.

After the verifications, it turned out that the 23-year-old had violated the "House Arrest" security measure.

The materials were passed to the Prosecutor's Office for further procedural actions.