Prishtinë, 8 November 2022

The operative Task Force units of the Border Regional Police Directorate East, after receiving information from the field about suspicious movements in the border are, undertook the necessary operational-tactical measures, making ambushes and checks on the border are roads and secondary roads of the villages of Vitia and as a result a case of smuggling of goods was prevented.

Yesterday, on November 7, 2022, around 7:50, in the village of Kabash in the direction of the village of Smirë, a transport vehicle was observed circulating without lights and without license plates, with which it was suspected that smuggling of goods was being carried out. The police stopped the vehicle driven by the suspect, a recidivist of goods smuggling. He was arrested and taken to the Border Surveillance Police Station in Zhegër for an interview.

During the inspection, these items were found in the vehicle:

• 40 bags of raw peanuts about 500 kg,

• 15 packs of belts,

• 10 packs of bags,

• 3 packages with Bluetooth speakers,

• 1 pack of phone holders in the car,

• 2 packages with different flavors (shisha) and other goods suspected to have been smuggled from the territory of the Republic of North Macedonia.

The case was handled by the relevant police units from the Border Regional Police Directorate East.