TIRANA, June 16 – An apartment was discovered on Wednesday by the police where firearms were modified and mufflers were produced. The adapted workshop was located in the inner premises of the 3-storey building owned by Ervis Bakalli who along with Dorian Kola were arrested by police while modifying weapons, police said on Thursday.
The 3-storey apartment where the criminal activity took place was located in the area of Yzberisht, near Kodër Mëzez, in Tirana. Police also found a vehicle in its vicinity in which several weapons and equipment used to modify them were seized.
It was declared that accessories for modifying weapons and silencers came illegally from abroad. Police said they are working intensively, in cooperation with other law enforcement agencies inside and outside the country, to uncover this criminal activity, as the current investigations show that these weapons were bought by persons with a serious criminal record, members of criminal groups with intent to commit serious criminal offenses against the person.
One of the arrested, namely Dorian Kalo is known by the police, as his name appeared in the testimonies of the penitent of justice, Enver Jamaku who helped the authorities in uncovering 3 criminal events and the discovery of 19 weapons bases in Tirana. Even at that time investigations revealed that 45-year-old Kalo was involved in modifying firearms.
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