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Kosovo Police action in the North, arrests 16 suspects for weapons smuggling
2025-03-19 12:45:51 / KOSOVA
Kosovo police arrested 16 suspects for arms smuggling on Wednesday during a wide-ranging police operation in southern and northern Kosovo.
In a joint statement, the Kosovo Police and the Basic Prosecution Office of Mitrovica announced that the police operation was carried out in 21 locations in South Mitrovica, North Mitrovica, Vushtrri, Skenderaj and Leposaviq.
During the operation, nine firearms, 200 cartridges, various ammunition, 15 mobile phones, two pairs of handcuffs, a knife, gun barrels, gun receipts and a DVR were seized, the announcement said.
The operation comes after several months of investigations and was carried out by the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Serious Crimes, with the support of police units and the Kosovo Police Inspectorate.
The arrested are suspected of committing the criminal offenses of "coercion", as well as "unauthorized import, export, supply, transportation, production, exchange, brokerage or sale of weapons or explosive materials".
Thirteen of the 16 arrested have been remanded in custody for 48 hours, the release said.
The identities of the suspects have not been released.
Security authorities did not provide further details about which countries the suspects may have imported and exported weapons from or to.
In the past, Kosovo Police have found and confiscated weapons from time to time, especially in the north of the country.
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