INTERVIEW/ DEPUTY POLICE DIRECTOR: THE INCIDENT 2 DAYS BEFORE THE INTERVENTION Altin Qato: We did not shoot to kill them, but so that they would retreat DRUGS 700 MILLION EUROS LAZARAT, THE “SECRETS” OF THE OPERATION Altin Qato: We did not shoot to kill them, but so that they would retreat • Our tactic was for the traffickers to move away. 10 women took part in the operation. The residents offered us coffee” On pages 6-7 The Deputy Director of the State Police, Altin Qato. Images from the police operation in Lazarat The Deputy Director of the State Police, Altin Qato. Images from the police operation in Lazarat

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