The file on 1.50 grams of drugs seized from the deputy’s son is closed Ledio Ruçi’s lawyer: Here is the document that proves it After the car was stopped, only a sporting weapon was found, then the Tuareg was taken to the police station. The judicial police officer did not sign the report. The car keys were with the police officers The file on 1.50 grams of drugs seized from the deputy’s son is closed “THE DRUG WAS PLANTED BY THE POLICE” Ledio Ruçi’s lawyer: Here is the document that proves it After the car was stopped, only a sporting weapon was found, then the Tuareg was taken to the police station The judicial police officer did not sign the report. The car keys were with the police officers The story Strong shadows of suspicion fall on the officers of the Durrës police over the placement of drugs inside the car of MP Gramoz Ruçi. Ledio Ruçi’s lawyer, Arian Salati, as well as the Durrës Prosecutor’s Office, take the same line regarding the report drawn up by officer Vladimir Ymeraj, rendering the search invalid. All this only increases the suspicion that the police placed the amount of 1.50 grams of hashish inside the car. TIRANA ELTON QYNO The criminal case and the arrest of the son of the PS MP Gramoz Ruçi, Ledio Ruçi, in whose father’s car an amount of narcotic substance of 1.50 grams of hashish was found, come to nothing. In the conclusions presented before the Durrës court, lawyer Arian Salati, apart from the legal arguments for... Continued on page 2 In the photo: Ledio Ruçi and facsimile of the materials of the Durrës Prosecutor’s Office

PHOTOS IN AZERBAIJAN Balliu’s brother-in-law ahead of Berisha in Baku Altin Kodra new ambassador to Azerbaijan, received by President Aliev. Today the prime minister begins the gas visit TIRANA One day before Prime Minister Berisha’s visit to Azerbaijan, the country’s president, Aliev, received Albania’s new ambassador to Baku, Altin Kodra, who is the brother-in-law of publisher Fahri Balliu, a close friend of the head of the Albanian government... Page 6 In the photo: Ambassador Kodra and President Aliev, yesterday in Baku

‘Even car tires are stolen at the police station’ On the Shqiptarja.com website came the complaint of a police officer from an Albanian police station. The officer, who asks to remain anonymous, lists a series of possible serious abuses and corruption in his station. We are publishing the letter with the names mentioned removed, but not the complaint the full text of the complaint. (without the officer’s name) minister Bujar Nishani. We await to learn from him, after the checks he must make, whether the accusations are founded or not. A verification that the minister must carry out not only to punish the possible guilty parties, but above all to save the good name of many other honest police officers. On the Shqiptarja.com website came the complaint of a police officer from an Albanian police station. The officer, who asks to remain anonymous, lists a series of possible serious abuses and corruption in his station. We are publishing the letter with the names mentioned removed, but not the complaint the full text of the complaint. (without the officer’s name) minister Bujar Nishani. We await to learn from him, after the checks he must make, whether the accusations are founded or not. A verification that the minister must carry out not only to punish the possible guilty parties, but above all, to save the good name of many other honest police officers. I am a police employee at police station (A), for many years, but I am traumatized and very discouraged by the criminal situation that is going through not only the area covered by our station but generally the whole country, and I am listing some of the causes, the main one being the politicization, nepotism and corruption that have suffocated the ranks of police leaders, who then, in order to steal and extort, appoint incompetent, partisan and low-morale people to key positions, people who become their obedient soldiers. In police station (A) for several months SHKB has been investigating the theft of fuel, tires, spare parts for vehicles and the theft of the secret fund, but these investigations, after the violations were confirmed, have not been sent to the prosecutor’s office because the station chief is citizen (B), who has very strong party and social ties in the top ranks of the police and the Democratic Party. But since the time this person came to lead our station, the police cars take only five... Continued on page 6

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