Specialists from the Pogradec Police Station have finalized the police operation codenamed "Befasia", cracking down on a case of illegal possession of weapons. A 44-year-old man has been arrested after an automatic firearm and ammunition were found during searches in his two apartments.
Based on operational information and checks carried out with the aim of preventing criminal events, police forces carried out a search of the two apartments owned by citizen BB in neighborhood no. 3 of the city of Pogradec and in the village of Vërdovë.
During the search, the police found and seized as material evidence 1 automatic firearm along with the relevant combat ammunition, which he possessed without permission.
Following procedural actions, citizen BB, 44 years old, was arrested in flagrante delicto for the criminal offense of "Unauthorized possession and production of weapons, explosive weapons and ammunition".
The procedural materials were passed to the Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Korça for further legal action.
