Tirana police seize 450 contraband items and arrest suspect

Albanian police have arrested a 23-year-old man, identified as O. M., following a crackdown on a warehouse containing over 450 pieces of contraband equipment. The operation, codenamed ‘Infrastruktura’, was conducted by the Economic-Financial Crime Investigation Sector in Tirana.

The suspect was caught in flagrante delicto while selling hunting slings with metal spheres to protest participants. A subsequent search of his warehouse on Kol Koçi Street revealed a massive cache of items, including 239 drones of various sizes, 75 hunting slings, a significant quantity of metal spheres, 44 mobile phones, GPS tracking devices, and various electronic surveillance tools such as RFGS detectors and video-recording glasses.

Authorities stated that the individual possessed no documentation for the items. The investigation is ongoing to determine the full extent of the criminal activity and to identify any other individuals involved in the distribution of these materials intended for use against police and institutions during recent protests.