TIRANA, July 22 – Korca Police discovered a laboratory for forging identification documents and arrested 3 people who were involved in this illegal activity.
Besnik Dine, Thanas Sholla and Artur Rakipi were arrested. Their arrest came after 5 months of investigations of the blue uniforms, which, in addition to the arrest, also discovered a laboratory for the production of these documents, the value of which varied from 300 to 10,000 euros.
The premises adapted for this activity was discovered in the apartment of 57-year-old Artur Rakipi, with previous precedents in the field of forgery.
Police found computer equipment, plasticizing machines, photocopies of foreign documents during the inspection of the apartments of the other two detainees.
The latter were used in the adapted laboratory where the police seized forged Albanian and foreign documents, including 119 American, French, Greek, German, Bulgarian passports and identity cards, residence permits, driving licenses, school diplomas.
Citizens could travel to the Schengen area, US, Canada, England with these documents. /argumentum.al