Indictment against 7 persons for unauthorized sale and purchase of weapons, prohibited trade and participation in organized criminal group
Prishtinë, May 12, 2020 – The Special Prosecution of the Republic of Kosovo, has filed an indictment by the Basic Court in Prishtina - Special Department, against the defendants I.M, V.I, N.G, B.S, S.S, F.H and N.A, for criminal offenses '' Import, export, supply, transport, production, exchange, mediation or unauthorized sale of weapons '', from article 372 par. 2 in connection with par. 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo and the criminal offense "Prohibited Trade", from article 305 par. 2 in connection with the criminal offense "Participation or organization of organized criminal group", under article 283 par. 1 of the CCRK.
According to the indictment, the defendants I.M, V.I, N.G, B.S, S.S, F.H and N.A, from the unknown period of time, until March 21, 2019, continuously, acting as an organized criminal group, led by the defendants V.I, and I.M, for the purpose of unlawful acquisition of property, in separate roles, transported, mediated and sold weapons and purchased and sold goods for which they had no authorization, in manner that the defendant V.I had initially secured 25 packages of weapons type "Glock Austria" and "Sig Suer", by a currently unknown person , which he has placed in one of the offices of his restaurant in Fushë Kosovë, as well as various type of drug packages containing narcotic substances (metamorphine) such as Tamol XX, which were provided by the defendants N.G, and B.S.
Also, after two or three days, the defendant V.I, according to the agreement, called the defendant F.H, an employee in his bar in Fushë Kosovë, telling him to give these packages to the driver of the company "Sim Logistik", whose owner is the defendant I.M, who took the packages and sent them to the “Sim logistics” facility in the village of Mazgit, after that the defendants I.M, V.I and N.G, set the weapons and medicines in packages in order to be sent in different places, while the defendant B.S, first goes to the warehouse, where from the defendant N.A, the company manager, takes some packages and then meets with the defendant S.S, to whom he gives a package of medicines and puts them in his car, but being under surveillance by the Kosovo Police, medicine packages have been confiscated, as well as in the garage of the defendant B.S, other medicine packages have been confiscated, while during the search in the warehouse of "Sim logistics", 99 weapons of the type Glock-Austria, ammunition, as well as some medicines have been confiscated , the value includes also the amount confiscated from the defendants B.S and S.S., which is about 17,000 euros.
Also, the defendants B.S. and N.G., have been supplied from the suspect A.I., with drugs without banners, for the purpose of sale in various pharmacies, aiming the unlawful gain of property.
With these actions, the above-mentioned defendants have committed the criminal offenses "Import, export, supply, transportation, production, exchange, mediation or unauthorized sale of weapons", under article 372 par. 2 in connection with par. 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo and the criminal offense "Prohibited Trade", from article 305 par. 2 in connection with the criminal offense "Participation or organization of organized criminal group", from article 283 par. 1 of the CCRK.
Respectfully,
Office for Public Communication -OChSP
Special Prosecution of the Republic of Kosova