TNT in the officer's vehicle in Lezha/ Incident revealed

2026-03-17 09:29:00, Kronika CNA

The police have solved the incident that occurred two days ago in the "Besëlidhja" neighborhood in Lezha, where explosives were placed in the vehicle of a police officer.

It is reported that the suspected perpetrator of the crime, Fatjon Rrika, 32 years old, has been identified and arrested. The latter was arrested after reviewing security camera footage near the scene.

The 32-year-old was arrested in the village of Zhejë, Kurbin, while driving the vehicle in which he is suspected of having gone to the scene on the day of the crime.

Also, after searches at his apartment, the author's father was prosecuted for possessing a weapon without a permit.

Police announcement:

Lezha/The codenamed "Zoomed In" operation is finalized.

The authorship and circumstances of the incident that occurred 2 days ago, in the "Besëlidhja" neighborhood, where a police officer's vehicle was destroyed with explosives, have been revealed.

The suspected perpetrator of the crime, Fatjon Rrika, is identified and arrested.

The arrested person, a citizen with a criminal record in Italy, was charged with armed robbery.

He was caught driving the moped he had used to carry out the explosion.

As a result of intensive investigative actions carried out with the aim of determining the authorship and clarifying the circumstances of the event that occurred on March 15, 2026, in the “Besëlidhja” neighborhood, where the vehicle of the Police officer, citizen Gj. Gj., was destroyed with explosives, the services of the Lezha Police Commissariat, under the direction of the Prosecutor's Office and in cooperation with the services of the Kurbin Police Commissariat, finalized the operation codenamed “Zoomed In”.

During the operation, the suspected perpetrator of the incident, citizen F. Rr., 32 years old, was identified as a result of detailed observation of a series of video footage obtained from different angles.

The 32-year-old was arrested in the village of Zhejë, Kurbin, while driving the same moped with which he is suspected of having gone to the scene on the day of the crime.

Following the operation, criminal proceedings were initiated against the father of citizen F. Rr., citizen N. Rr., 66 years old, after a shotgun was found during a search of their apartment, which was possessed without a permit.

The moped and the shotgun were seized as material evidence.

The investigation continues under the direction of the Lezha Prosecutor's Office, to identify and prosecute a citizen who is suspected of having collaborated with the 32-year-old man in committing this crime.

The procedural materials were referred to the Lezha Prosecutor's Office for further action. / CNA