18-year-old arrested with 83 cannabis doses near Lezha schools
Lezha police arrested 18-year-old Klevis Paplekaj on suspicion of selling cannabis doses mainly near schools, seizing 83 doses and a mobile phone. The Operation Impulse case under the Clean Schools plan was referred to the Lezha prosecution for further action.
🇦🇱 Lezha, Lezha County · Albania
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Lezha police arrested 18-year-old citizen KP, a resident of Lezha Island, on
suspicion of selling Cannabis Sativa in doses mainly near schools.[1][2]Officers
caught him red-handed, finding doses packaged and ready for sale on him during a
physical search and additional ready-for-sale doses during a later search of his
apartment.[1][2]A second outlet identifies the arrested youth as Klevis
Paplekaj.[3]Police referred the procedural materials to the Prosecutor’s
Office at the Lezha Court of General Jurisdiction for further action.[1][2]
As material evidence, police seized a total of 83 doses of suspected Cannabis
Sativa.[1][2]Officers also seized one mobile phone belonging to the arrested
person.[3]
The arrest came from Operation Impulse, organized by Narcotics Investigation
specialists with Operational Support for Investigation officers on information
obtained through operational channels.[1]Police said Impulse was carried out
under the Clean Schools operational plan to prevent and crack down on drug sales
near educational institutions.[1][2]Investigators suspect the youth was selling
cannabis doses in the city of Lezha, mainly in areas near schools.[1]
No weight for the suspected cannabis was published, only 83 doses, so no kilograms can be recorded.
The article gives no separate date for the arrest; 4 November 2026 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
No charges, custody ruling or court outcome were reported; the prosecution referral was still pending.
BalkanWeb identifies the suspect only as KP while Sot gives the full name Klevis Paplekaj.
No photo established to show this seizure is included: the BalkanWeb og:image and Sot cannabis image are not captioned as this event, and the BalkanWeb YouTube embed has no caption establishing what it shows.
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