The 21-year-old was arrested after helping two perpetrators plant TNT in Saranda. Weapons and ammunition were found on him.

2026-06-03 10:54:16 / AKTUALITET ALFA PRESS

The 21-year-old was arrested after helping two perpetrators plant TNT in

A 21-year-old man has been arrested by the Saranda Police as a suspect for involvement in the explosives attack against a citizen, an event that occurred in February of this year in the Vrina Bridge area in Saranda.

The young man is suspected of collaborating with two other people, previously wanted, to plant explosives in the intended victim's vehicle.

The arrest was carried out as part of the police operation codenamed "Identification", while during the search of the 21-year-old's apartment, a firearm, a pistol with combat ammunition, which was being held without a permit, was also seized.

ANNOUNCEMENT - Saranda, in-depth investigative actions continue under the direction of the Prosecutor's Office to identify other persons involved in the attempted murder of a citizen by placing explosives in the vehicle he was driving, on 05.02.2026.

As a result of the investigations, a 21-year-old man was identified, arrested and detained, suspected of being an accomplice of the two alleged perpetrators, previously wanted for this incident.

During the operation to capture the 21-year-old, the Police found and seized, as material evidence, a pistol firearm with combat ammunition in his apartment.

As a result of in-depth and intensive investigations, conducted to identify and bring to criminal responsibility all citizens involved in the morning event of 05.02.2026, at the place called "Vrina Bridge Crossing", specialists from the Serious Crimes Investigation Sector, in cooperation with the services of the Saranda Police Commissariat, finalized the operation codenamed "Identification".

During the operation, citizen IK, 21 years old, resident of the village of Shëndëlli, was arrested and detained, after the Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction of Saranda issued a detention order for him, for the criminal offenses of "Premeditated Murder", attempted, committed in collaboration, as well as "Unauthorized Possession and Production of Weapons, Explosive Weapons and Ammunition".

The 21-year-old is accused of being an accomplice of wanted citizens GT and Xh. B., who on 05.02.2026 placed explosives in the vehicle driven by citizen M. Gj.

Further, during the operation, a search was conducted in the detainee's apartment, where a firearm (pistol) with ammunition, which was possessed without a permit, was found.

The checks for the localization, capture and detention of the two wanted citizens continue. The procedural materials were referred to the Saranda Prosecutor's Office for further action.

 

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