The Special Court decided to leave in force the security measures of "prison arrest" imposed in absentia for the crime chiefs of the Himara and Lushnja police and a former operative of the Operational Unit. The three are suspected by SPAK of being members of criminal groups involved in the cultivation and trafficking of cannabis and are accused of cultivation and trafficking of cannabis, committed in the form of a criminal group and of abuse of office.
In their first appearance in court, the two suspended police officers, Shkëlzen Ruska and Ervis Alisinanaj, and former officer Erdit Hazizaj, denied the charges. Through their lawyers, they claimed that SPAK did not have sufficient evidence to link their names to certain codes of the SKY ECC application, A2 CNN reports.
On the other hand, SPAK prosecutors claimed that the three suspects and the wanted Ervis Dervishi, the head of the Saranda Border Police, maintained contact through this application with members of the two criminal groups, informing them about anti-drug operations.
In one of the communications on SKY, managed in the file, the suspects express concern about the blocking of a quantity of 1.1 tons of cannabis in Greece, causing a damage of 1.7 million euros, while in another case they say "we have a deal with the state", A2 CNN reports.
According to the SPAK investigation, the leaders of this criminal group were Kristo Qirici, also known as Jetmir Hoxha and Jetmir Qirici, brother of Edmond Papa, the businessman executed in Tirana in 2022, and Elidjon Alushaj, also known as Kosta Alushaj. While the leader of the other group hit by the same investigation was Luiz Bala, also known as Edmond Sinanaj.
SPAK has documented two episodes of drug trafficking, which is suspected of being cultivated outdoors or in closed environments in the Saranda area as well as in the Gjirokastër - Tepelena area, with the aim of trafficking to Greece. (A2 Televizion)
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