Police
44-year-old arrested in Han i Hotit for trying to smuggle three migrants into Montenegro
Shkodra police caught him in the act with three people of African origin who had no identification documents, near the border crossing.
By ANN Newsroom · Newsroom
October 20, 2026, 12:59 · Updated 12:22 · 1 min read
In brief
- The arrested man is Gj.U., 44, a resident of Shkodra.
- The three foreigners had no documents and are suspected of having entered illegally.
- The operation was code-named “Destinationi”; the case files were sent to prosecutors.
Shkodra police arrested in the act a 44-year-old Shkodra resident with the initials Gj.U., suspected of helping three foreign nationals illegally cross the border into Montenegro.
According to police, he was stopped overnight on the national road near the Han i Hotit Border Crossing Point while transporting them in his vehicle. The three foreigners are of African origin, had no identification documents and are suspected of having entered Albania illegally.
The arrest was made as part of an operation code-named “Destinationi,” carried out by the trafficking investigation section of the Shkodra Local Police Directorate.
The case files were referred to prosecutors for further action. Police have not disclosed the migrants' specific nationalities.
