Lapaj denounced the threat of the candidate for MP/ Durrës police react: The perpetrator is arrested

2025-05-05 22:41:55 / POLITIKË ALFA PRESS

Lapaj denounced the threat of the candidate for MP/ Durrës police react:

Durrës police have arrested a 45-year-old man, who was reported today by the head of the "Albania Becomes Initiative", Adriatik Lapaj, that this coalition's candidate for the May 11 elections in the Durrës district, Valbona Myhedini, was threatened with a gun.

It is learned that the 45-year-old man with the initials AB was arrested, and during a physical search, a plastic toy pistol was found on him.

According to the police, the 45-year-old was carrying this weapon in his belt and is suspected of having lifted his jacket and shown it to Valbona Myhedin to threaten him.

From the verifications carried out, it results that the 45-year-old suffers from mental health problems and is registered and identified by the psychiatric service.

Reaction of the Durrës Local Police Directorate

Regarding a statement made public on social networks by citizen AL, leader of the political entity "Albania Becomes", that an armed person in Durrës threatened with a weapon the candidate for MP of this entity, Ms. VM, and the activists who accompanied her, while she was holding meetings with citizens in neighborhood no. 8, we clarify that:

The structures of the Durrës Local Police Directorate, as soon as they were informed of the public denunciation made by Mr. AL, immediately began work to verify the case.

Police services, during field operations, have made it possible to identify the person and have continued checks to locate and capture him.

Meanwhile, the candidate for deputy, Ms. VM, has appeared at the Durrës Local Police Directorate to file a report.

As a result of the immediate response and intensive field checks, at around 21:15, the Police services made it possible to locate, arrest and escort to the premises of the Durrës DVP citizen AB, 45 years old, resident of Durrës. During the physical check, a plastic pistol (toy) was found on this citizen, which the 45-year-old was carrying in his belt and is suspected of having lifted his jacket to show it to citizen VM in order to threaten him.

From the verifications carried out, it results that the 45-year-old suffers from mental health problems and is registered and identified by the psychiatric service.

Under the direction of the Prosecutor's Office, procedural actions against him continue.

The Durrës Local Police Directorate assures citizens and political entities that the Police services are fully committed to guaranteeing order and security throughout the electoral process, equidistant from political entities and only in the service of the law.

 

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