The Kosovo Police have announced that they have confiscated 11 cryptocurrency mining devices in the village of Uglara in Zubin Potok.
In the statement issued by the Kosovo Police, it is stated that residents of the neighborhood where the cryptocurrency mining devices were installed reported the case to the police, as they had continuous problems with electricity, which resulted in damage to their household appliances.
“The Kosovo Police, based on its legal duties and authorizations, took immediate action and identified the location [house] of the suspect, and eleven devices for cryptocurrency production [Bitcoin] were found in the house,” the police statement said.
The police state that the wanted person was not found in the house since “the suspect was not at home as he occasionally travels from Belgrade, Serbia, and visits the mentioned house [in Zubin Potok]”.
Since last year, the Kosovo Police have conducted dozens of operations to confiscate cryptocurrency mining devices.
In the four northern municipalities of Mitrovica North, Zvečan, Zubin Potok, and Leposavić, hundreds of devices have been confiscated, and in the past, cryptocurrency mining “farms” have been identified.
Cryptocurrency mining has been banned in Kosovo since the energy crisis last year.
In recent years, cryptocurrency mining has been concentrated in the four northern municipalities because residents there have not paid for electricity since 1999.
