The Albanian State Police announces that it has carried out an operation codenamed "Operacionalja", in which a citizen of North Macedonia, who was wanted by Interpol in Skopje, was detained, reports Telegraph Macedonia.
"Wanted for three murders in North Macedonia, the 52-year-old is located and arrested in Tirana.
The 52-year-old had been hiding in Tirana for a long time, using forged identification documents, in the name of a citizen from Kosovo. His location came after several months of investigations and searches by the Directorate of the Special Operational Force in the Criminal Police Department of the State Police.
The 52-year-old man is under the security measure "Arrest in prison" for murder (the maximum penalty for this offense in the Criminal Code of the Republic of Macedonia is life imprisonment). Following successive operations by the Directorate of the Special Operational Force, based on information obtained during a long period of investigation and tracking, to locate and capture a wanted person for triple murder in North Macedonia, the 80th phase of the police operation codenamed "Operationalja" has been developed and finalized.
As part of this phase, operational services located, arrested and escorted the citizen suspected of three murders in the Dry Lake area. The in-depth verification revealed that the escorted citizen, who was using forged identification documents and a driving license in the name of a citizen from Kosovo, was a person wanted by North Macedonia, accused of triple murder.
Following the actions, the provisional arrest, with the aim of extradition, of the citizen B.SH., 52 years old, resident of Kopanica, Saraj, North Macedonia, was carried out. The arrest of this citizen was carried out after Interpol Skopje declared him internationally wanted, because the Skopje Court, in 2007, assigned him the security measure "Arrest in prison", for the criminal offense "Murder", an offense for which the criminal legislation of North Macedonia provides for the maximum penalty, life imprisonment.
This citizen is suspected of having shot and killed 3 citizens on 05.10.2007, in the village of Kopanica, Skopje, North Macedonia.
During the physical search and at the residence, 1 Kosovar passport, Kosovar identity card and driving license, all forged, with the details of a citizen from Kosovo, were found and seized from this citizen.
The procedural materials for the criminal offense of "Forgery of Documents" have been referred to the Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction of Tirana, for further action.
Meanwhile, Interpol Tirana, in cooperation with Interpol Skopje, will continue the procedures for the extradition of this citizen to North Macedonia," the Albanian State Police statement said./Telegraph/
