The Basic Court in Pristina has announced the conviction against Naser Kelmendi for drug trafficking.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Kelmendi was sentenced to 4 years and 8 months in prison, announced the president of the court, Suzana \u00c7erkini.<\/p>\n
She said that the time that Kelmendi has spent in custody will also be counted in the sentence.<\/p>\n
The verdict was announced in the absence of the accused, writes rel.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
However, on the same year, the Court of Appeals returned the retrial, where Kelmendi was declared guilty.<\/p>\n
In 2012, the US Treasury Department identified Kelmendi under the Foreign Drug Boss Act as a narcotics trafficker.<\/p>\n
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