Two citizens have been arrested by the Police in Kakavija, after cracking down on a case of undeclared money at the borders and a case of forged documents.
Through a statement, the Police announced that 74,240 euros and 15 various suspected forged documents were found hidden and seized in a travel agency bus.
The arrested are the bus driver and the agency employee. The other bus driver has also been criminally prosecuted and the owner of the travel agency, who was also the recipient of the money, has been declared wanted.
The amount of money, false documents and 4 mobile phones were seized as material evidence, while the materials were passed on to the Prosecutor's Office for further procedural actions.
Police Announcement:
Kakavija BCP - The operation codenamed "Without Identity" is being finalized by the Border Police and the structures of the Gjirokastër DVP.
As a result of the checks conducted based on police intelligence, one case of non-declaration of money at the border and one case of falsification of documents were detected.
Found hidden in a travel agency bus, 74,240 euros and 15 various suspected forged documents were seized.
Two citizens (the bus driver and the agency employee) were arrested. The other bus driver was prosecuted.
The owner of the travel agency (the recipient of the money) is wanted.
The Border Police Services, as a result of the detailed controls they carry out to prevent, identify and combat border crimes, based on risk analysis and police intelligence, have, in cooperation with the Economic and Financial Crimes Investigation Sector of the Gjirokastra Border Police Department and with the customs authorities, cracked a case of non-declaration of money at the border and a case of document forgery.
At the exit of the Republic of Albania, the bus of a travel agency, driven by citizen AL, was moved to the second line for detailed inspection. From the detailed inspection, using the police dog, the police services found hidden in the bus, 3 envelopes inside which there were 74,240 euros and 15 different suspected forged documents (French identity cards, residence permits in Greece and Germany).
The amount of money, false documents and 4 mobile phones were seized as material evidence.
Following the actions in the case, the specialists for the Investigation of Economic and Financial Crimes of the Gjirokastër DVP, in cooperation with the Tirana DVP, arrested the following citizens in flagrante delicto:
-AL, 32 years old, resident of Tirana, bus driver, for the criminal offenses "Failure to declare money and valuables at the border", "Forgery of documents", "Forgery of identity cards, passports or visas", committed in collaboration and "Laundering of the proceeds of a criminal offense or criminal activity";
-K. Gj., 41 years old, resident of Tirana, travel agency employee and sender of false documents, for the criminal offenses "Forgery of documents" and "Forgery of identity cards, passports or visas", committed in collaboration;
-referred the materials to the Prosecutor's Office where criminal proceedings were initiated against citizen A. Gj., 57 years old, resident of Dimal, the other bus driver, for the criminal offense of "Failure to declare money and valuables at the border", committed in collaboration.
Also, citizen JK, 73 years old, resident in Greece, owner of the travel agency and recipient of the amount of money, was declared wanted for the criminal offense of "Failure to declare money and valuables at the border", committed in collaboration with "Hiding income".
The procedural materials were referred to the Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Gjirokastra, for further action. (A2 Televizion)
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