TIRANA, May 16 – Interpol Tirana said that Myslim Sani, 18, was arrested in the Greek island of Rhodos last week and extradition procedures have already started to bring him home.
In 2008 in cooperation with a friend Sani had allegedly committed sexual violation of an Albanian girl.
Albanian police arrested at Qaf롐rush, Kuk쳠district, Armend Bakija, 35, from Kosovo. The
Hildesheim court in Germany had sentenced him to three years and three months imprisonment for theft and violent resistance to the law enforcement persons. He was sentenced for a number of thefts of some apartments. Bakija will be extradited to Germany following the proper procedures.
Husnu Kemal Taip Vatansever, 53, a Turkish citizen, was arrested in capital Tirana. He was born in Tetovo, Macedonia. He was sentenced to a year of imprisonment for theft and the Appeals Court in Tirana did not accept his appeal.
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