{"id":80346,"date":"2025-09-21T13:10:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T11:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=80346"},"modified":"2025-09-21T14:44:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T12:44:12","slug":"weapons-trafficking-from-albania-to-england-cracked-down-2-arrested-1-wanted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/weapons-trafficking-from-albania-to-england-cracked-down-2-arrested-1-wanted\/","title":{"rendered":"Weapons Trafficking from Albania to England Cracked Down, 2 Arrested, 1 Wanted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police have uncovered a case of firearms trafficking from Albania to England and arrested two individuals connected to this criminal activity.<\/p>\n<p>Based on intelligence received about a firearms trafficking attempt by several citizens from Shkodra, officers from Police Commissariat No. 3, in cooperation with Shkodra Police, organized and finalized the police operation codenamed \u201cMethoda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the location known as \u2018Bulevardi i Ri\u2019 in Tirana, officers from Police Commissariat No. 3 conducted a search of a truck suspected of carrying a firearm hidden by several individuals for trafficking purposes. Inside a television set, officers found and seized a firearm with a silencer, disassembled into parts,\u201d police announced.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the operation, and in cooperation with the Local Police Directorate of Shkodra, two individuals \u2014 Jurgen Suca and Segest Meti \u2014 were arrested, while another citizen, R. A., 20 years old, also from Shkodra, was declared wanted.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, these individuals, in cooperation with one another, attempted to traffic a firearm with a silencer to England using the truck of a citizen who had no knowledge of the weapon hidden inside the television.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations, under the direction of the Prosecutor\u2019s Office, are ongoing to fully document the criminal activity of these individuals, as they are suspected of having trafficked other firearms as well, and to identify and capture others involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have uncovered a case of firearms trafficking from Albania to England and arrested two individuals connected to this criminal activity. Based on intelligence received about a firearms trafficking attempt by several citizens from Shkodra, officers from Police Commissariat No. 3, in cooperation with Shkodra Police, organized and finalized the police operation codenamed \u201cMethoda.\u201d \u201cAt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":80347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,1803],"tags":[150,243,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Weapons Trafficking from Albania to England Cracked Down, 2 Arrested, 1 Wanted - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/weapons-trafficking-from-albania-to-england-cracked-down-2-arrested-1-wanted\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Weapons Trafficking from Albania to England Cracked Down, 2 Arrested, 1 Wanted - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police have uncovered a case of firearms trafficking from Albania to England and arrested two individuals connected to this criminal activity. 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