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Home/Archive/Thursday, October 29, 2026/Crime & Courts

Archive · Crime & Courts

Thursday, October 29, 2026

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  1. 15:35Crime & CourtsVeliaj refuses food in Fier prison; prisons service says transfer was legal and the order is a state secretThe Tirana mayor, held in pretrial detention, protested a day after being moved from Durrës, according to Top Channel. The prisons service says 24 transfers took place between Oct. 16 and 27, all within the law.
  2. 15:15PoliceMalësi e Madhe: 265 kg of cannabis and two mines found at Kukaj brothers' homes; four arrested, three soughtShkodra police's “Polinomi” operation, after a four-month investigation, hit a group suspected of trying to sell cannabis at home and abroad. The two anti-tank mines were handed over to army engineers.
  3. 13:35CourtsSpecial Court refuses to try Meta and Kryemadhi without lawyers, postpones hearing to Nov. 5Lawyers kept up their boycott, saying they had not been formally notified that it was suspended. The court appointed a lawyer for the next hearing, while Kryemadhi accuses SPAK of procedural violations.
  4. 11:50Crime & CourtsCustoms: 69.5 tons of coffee missing from a Durrës bonded warehouse; 17.8 million lek in duties and finesThe check was carried out by the Excise Control Directorate based on risk criteria. Unpaid excise amounts to 4.5 million lek, while the calculated fines total 13.3 million lek.
  5. 08:45Police29-year-old from Mat extradited from Germany, wanted by the anti-corruption court over a structured crime groupA. Gj. was arrested in Frankfurt after cooperation between Interpol Tirana and Interpol Wiesbaden. The Special Court had ordered him held in custody as early as May 2024.

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