Albanian prosecutors sought 41 years over 330 kg of cannabis at Durrës port
In December 2015 Albania's Serious Crimes Prosecution asked a court to convict three Demrozi cousins over an August 2014 attempt to ship about 330 kg of cannabis from Durrës to Italy. One cousin, Bashkim Demrozi, was later sentenced to six years and eight months; Agim Demrozi, now president of the Egnatia football club, remained wanted at the time.
Prosecutors at Albania’s Serious Crimes Prosecution asked a court on 1 December
2015 to convict three cousins, Muhamet, Bashkim and Agim Demrozi, over an
attempted cannabis shipment through the port of Durrës.[1]Prosecutors
requested 15 years for Muhamet Demrozi and 13 years each for Bashkim and Agim
Demrozi, 41 years in all, and asked to convict a fourth defendant, Ermal Lusha,
in the same case.[1]
According to the prosecution account, the cousins hired a truck driver and told
him to travel to Italy to collect crates of wine from a winery near Brescia, and
investigators said he did not know about the cannabis.[1]When the case
reached court, Muhamet Demrozi was the only defendant in custody, and the
article records that Agim Demrozi had been wanted since August 2014.[2]
The seizure was made at the port of Durrës on the night of 19 August 2014, when
border police found cannabis hidden inside the chassis of an unloaded Iveco
truck waiting to board a ferry to Bari and arrested its driver.[3]That
account put the load at about 350 kg of marijuana; Durrës Lajm, Agim Demrozi’s
Romanian profile and later police announcements put it at 330 to 332 kg, so no
kg figure is recorded.[3]
Albanian police announced in March 2020 that Bashkim Demrozi had been extradited
from Italy, after the Serious Crimes Court gave him eight years and the Durrës
appeal court in 2018 made the sentence final at six years and eight months.[4]
The Romanian sports outlet reported in November 2026 that the 2014 truck was
bound for Italy with a load of about 330 kg of cannabis and that prosecutors
sought 13 years for Agim Demrozi, now the president of Albanian football club
Egnatia.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Charged
3
Cannabis
330 kg
Agency type
Border guard, Police, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (330 kg)
Activity
Smuggling, Trafficking
Setting
Port or sea
Case stage
On appeal
Route
Albania → Italy
Sources
Durrës Lajmdurreslajm.alSQ330 kg drogë nga Durrësi në Itali, akuza: 41 vjet burg për 3 kushërinjtë Demrozi
Fanatik.rofanatik.roROCaz incredibil la Egnatia! Președintele adversarei Craiovei, vizat într-un dosar de trafic de droguri
Dosja.aldosja.alSQU ‘zhduk’ pas dënimit me 6 vite burg, estradohet nga Italia Bashkim Demrozi, si do e çonte në Bari drogën e “Çimit”
Open questions the AI reported
The court's final sentence for Muhamet and Agim Demrozi was not reported in the opened accounts; only Bashkim Demrozi's final six-year-eight-month sentence is documented.
The port seizure was reported at about 350 kg of marijuana when it happened and at 330 to 332 kg in the charging request and later police statements, so the exact weight remains unsettled.
No figure for the value of the cannabis was published in the opened sources.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Durrës Lajm: The case began on 19 August 2014, when authorities found about 330 kg of cannabis sativa loaded in a freight truck that was about to board a ferry from Durrës to Italy.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Shqiptarja.com: Police also named Bashkim, then 32, and Agim Demrozi, then 43, both living in Kavajë, and Ermal Lusha, as wanted after the port seizure.
Albanian police arrested, detained or prosecuted 165 people over cannabis cultivation in 2026 and destroyed 171,566 plants in 593 cases, plus 132,000 seedlings before planting. Presenting the 2026 campaign results with Italy's Guardia di Finanza on 10 November, authorities also reported 17 indoor cases and 89 officials prosecuted for abuse of office.
A 51-year-old Greek man was arrested in Tirana after police found 24.5 kilograms of cannabis in a suitcase on an Athens–Rinas flight and he left the airport before officers identified him. Police caught him on Rruga e Durrësit and held him on suspicion of drug trafficking.
Tirana police arrested four people and opened criminal proceedings against seven more over violence at the student protest of 7 November 2026, and said one of the four was carrying a quantity of suspected cannabis when searched. Authorities also issued 12 administrative penalties, including a 500,000 lek fine on a masked protester who threw stones at police and the Prime Minister's Office.
Shkodër police arrested two brothers, 49 and 57, closing operation Polinomi 2 with the seizure of 10 kg of cannabis in one home in Abat and about 66.8 kg with a pistol and ammunition in the other in Grudë e Re. The 57-year-old's 24-year-old son was declared wanted, and the case file went to the Shkodër prosecutor's office.
