The Basic Court in Pristina has announced the conviction against Naser Kelmendi for drug trafficking.

Kelmendi, born in Peja, is a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina and was initially arrested in 2013 by the Kosovo Police, based on an international arrest warrant issued by the Bosnian authorities.

Kelmendi was sentenced to 4 years and 8 months in prison, announced the president of the court, Suzana Çerkini.

She said that the time that Kelmendi has spent in custody will also be counted in the sentence.

The verdict was announced in the absence of the accused, writes rel.

In 2018, the Basic Court in Pristina found Kelmendi guilty of unauthorized possession of narcotics with the intent of distributing them and sentenced him to 6 years in prison. In the other points of the indictment, which included accusations of organized crime and the murder of Ramiz Delaliq – citizen of Bosnia – Kelmendi was declared innocent.

However, on the same year, the Court of Appeals returned the retrial, where Kelmendi was declared guilty.

In 2012, the US Treasury Department identified Kelmendi under the Foreign Drug Boss Act as a narcotics trafficker.