Cannabis plantation in Velipojë, 3 police officers suspended

A plantation with 7,446 suspected narcotic Cannabis Sativa plants has been discovered in the village of Reç i Ri, in the Velipojë Administrative Unit, and as a result, 3 police officers have been suspended from duty.

According to the police, the following were fired:

-Chief Commissioner Bekim Lika, acting Head of the Shkodra Police Station

-Deputy Commissioner Zef Marku, Chief of the Velipoja Police Station

-Inspector Samet Kadroji, Deputy SPZ specialist, responsible for the area where the narcotic plants were found.

Two other specialists, part of the territory control group, will also be under investigation.

It is not known who owned the plot of land with narcotic plants, but the police say that the officers have been suspended for failing to fulfill their duties.

"Following information received in the email of the General Director of the State Police, regarding the cultivation of thousands of narcotic plants in the village of Reç i Ri, Velipojë, in an open, easily verifiable territory in a field area, work was immediately organized to destroy them, as well as to identify and capture the perpetrators.

Meanwhile, the General Director of the State Police ordered the Directorate of Professional Standards to conduct an in-depth administrative investigation.

For deficiencies found in the failure to fulfill duties, a disciplinary investigation was initiated against 5 police officers, specifically for:

-Chief Commissioner BL, acting Head of the Shkodra Police Station, for whom disciplinary suspension from duty has been imposed;

- Deputy Commissioner ZM, acting Chief of the Velipoja Police Station, also suspended from duty;

-Inspector SK, with the duty of Assistant Area Policing Specialist, responsible for the territory where the narcotic plants were found, suspended from duty.

"Furthermore, a disciplinary investigation has been initiated, without suspension from duty, for Deputy Commissioner DN, with the duty of Crime Investigation Specialist at the Velipojë Police Station, and Inspector EI, with the duty of Assistant Area Policing Specialist at the Velipojë Police Station, both part of the territory control group," the police statement said.

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