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2026-04-11 14:52:00, Kronika CNA

A weapons base that served to supply criminal groups has been discovered in the village of "Picalle" in Tirana.

According to police information, 5 automatic rifles, 1 rifle, 3 pistols, 1 shotgun, silencer, uniforms and equipment similar to those of the Police, around 900 live ammunition, incendiary fuses and detonator caps were seized.

It is reported that as part of the operation to strike the weapons base, 66-year-old MH was arrested, and her son OQ, 41, was declared wanted. The police are working to capture him.

Weapons base discovered in Tirana/ 66-year-old woman arrested, her son wanted

Seized weapons

Police announcement:

Tirana/The police operation codenamed "Picalla" is finalized.

A weapons base suspected of serving to supply criminal groups is struck.

9 firearms (5 automatics, 1 rifle and 3 pistols), 1 shotgun, silencer, uniforms and equipment similar to those of the Police, around 900 live ammunition, incendiary fuses and detonator caps were seized.

The owner of the weapons depot is declared wanted, while a 66-year-old woman, the mother of the wanted citizen, is arrested.

Specialists of Police Commissariat No. 1, as a result of the rapid administration of information obtained through operational-legal channels, that an arms base was being maintained in the village of "Picalla" with the aim of selling weapons to criminal groups, the Police services organized and finalized the police operation codenamed "Picalla".

During the operation, it was possible to identify and strike this weapons base. From the search carried out in the apartment of citizen OQ, 5 automatic firearms, 1 rifle firearm, 3 pistol firearms, 1 shotgun, 1 bayonet, silencer, uniforms and equipment similar to those of the Police, as well as around 900 combat cartridges of various calibers, fuses and detonator caps were found and seized.

Following the actions, citizen MH, 66 years old, resident of Tirana, was arrested in flagrante delicto, while citizen OQ, 41 years old, resident of Tirana, was declared wanted.

The weapons will be sent to the Institute of Scientific Police for expertise, in order to verify their use in criminal events.

Intensive work continues to capture the wanted citizen and to fully document this criminal activity.

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