He helped immigrants cross the border illegally, the 60-year-old wanted in Pogradec was arrested (Emri)

12:00 04/03/2023

A 60-year-old man named Eduart Elmasllari was arrested today in Pogradec. According to the police, he is sentenced to 6 years and 8 months in prison as a member of a criminal group that helped immigrants cross the border illegally.

“Sentenced to about 7 years of imprisonment, as a member of a criminal group that continuously helped immigrants to cross the border illegally, the 60-year-old was caught and put in handcuffs.

Following the work on locating, capturing and bringing to justice the wanted citizens, the specialists for the Investigation of Crimes of the Pogradec Police Station organized and finalized the police operation coded “Lake”.

As a result of this operation, with the support of information intelligence, the wanted citizen was arrested and detained: Eduart Elmasllari, 60 years old, resident of Pogradec.

The Court of First Instance for Corruption and Organized Crime has sentenced this citizen to 6 years and 8 months of imprisonment, for the criminal offense of “Aiding illegal border crossing”, committed more than once, in the form of a structured group criminal.

The procedural materials were forwarded to the Special Prosecutor against Corruption and Organized Crime for further action.the police say./broread