Rinas police have also prosecuted two people for document forgery. They are a young man from Kamza who attempted to cross into Spain with forged Italian documents, as well as a 40-year-old deportee who intended to travel to Barcelona with a forged Italian passport.
"DL, 28 years old, resident of Kamëz. This citizen presented himself at the Border Police counter, with the intention of traveling to Spain. During the documentation check, the Police found an Italian identity card with the data of an Italian citizen and with a similar photograph to his. From the verification carried out in the document verification laboratory, it is suspected that this citizen has forged this document.
-EK, 40 years old, who was traveling to Barcelona. Upon exiting the Republic of Albania, this citizen was checked at the second line because he turned out to be a returnee in the Deportiv category. From the check carried out in his backpack, the Police services found an Italian passport with the data of an Italian citizen and with a similar photograph to his own. The Italian passport was taken to the laboratory for examination, where the examination resulted in a suspected forgery. Under these conditions, citizen E. K. was refused exit from the Republic of Albania, " the Police announced.
The Police have also cracked down on a case of attempted smuggling of goods into our country.
"The Border Police services, in cooperation with the customs services, uncovered a case of attempted smuggling of goods, where a 27-year-old SQ citizen, resident of Tirana, was prosecuted for the criminal offense of "Smuggling of other goods". Police officers at the Rinas BCP stopped the SQ citizen, who was bringing goods from China, for inspection outside the customs area. During the inspection, a quantity of various goods were found in two suitcases and a sports bag, not accompanied by the relevant invoices, which this citizen had not declared at the Rinas customs office for customs clearance."
(A2 Televizion)