Royal family gets back the seized weapons

TIRANA, Aug 17 – The Albanian royal family had returned to them 11 cases of automatic weapons, grenades and hunting arms which had been seized by authorities. The weapons had been brought to Albania by the son of the former king six years ago when the family decided to return to their homeland.
However, the family may not keep or use the weapons, according to the decision of Interior Minister Bujar Nishani.
Leka Zog returned with his family to Albania after decades in exile. The Zog family presented documents stating that the weapons, a private collection, were legal, but the weapons were seized while the documents were being verified.
Zog had them in a corner of his house in Johannesburg before coming to Albania.
The cases contained 84 weapons, including Kalashnikovs, grenades and hunting arms.
Zog lived for much of the past 20 years in South Africa.
Zog’s father, Ahmet, was a Muslim chieftain who declared himself king in 1928 and ruled until the Italian army invaded the country in 1939.
Albania’s monarchy was abolished by Albania’s communist rulers in 1946 and Ahmet Zog died in Paris in 1961. (Tirana Times Staff)