Successful police drug trafficking raids

TIRANA, June 7 – Police reported a series of successful operations in the fight against drug trafficking during the last week.
On Monday they seized 40 kilograms of cannabis sativa and arrested Altin Shehi, 36, as the main suspect. Following some months of investigation in the codenamed ‘Bujkuk’ operation, police checked Shehi’s house in the Vaqarr, Tirana district and found the drugs and also an automatic rifle and ammunition. They also found 200 canabbis plants in his yard and drug packaging equipment.
In another operation codenamed ‘Mini Blow II’ police arrested two persons and seized 200 grams of heroin, 20 kilograms of drug mixers and a considerable number of weapons. The night before the raid, the suspects had threatened a person and damaged his car with automatic rifle shots. They possessed six automatic rifles, a grenade launcher, nine grenades, a sniper rifle and 6,100 rounds of ammunition.
Police also arrested a person and seized 250 grams of cocaine and 700 grams of cannabis sativa. Spartak Piciri, 43, was found with some packages of cocaine. He is believed to be the supplier of VIP clients at the capital’s clubs.