2 arrested in Tirana with cocaine, cannabis and imitation pistol
Tirana police arrested two residents aged 36 and 50 in Operation Variety on suspicion of selling cocaine and cannabis. Officers seized suspected drug quantities and doses, an imitation pistol with metal bullets, two vehicles and mobile phones.
🇦🇱 Njazi Meka street and Zogu i Parë Boulevard, Tirana · Albania
Arrested
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Police in Tirana arrested R.S., 36, and I.S., 50, both residents of Tirana, on
suspicion of selling cocaine and cannabis.[1]The arrests were carried out in
police operation Variety by Narcotics Investigation specialists together with
the Shigjeta special force during permanent controls.[2]Officers stopped the
36-year-old on Njazi Meka street and found suspected quantities and doses of
cocaine and cannabis during a physical search and in searches of his apartment
and the vehicle he was driving.[1]Officers also found an imitation firearm
pistol with metal bullets inside the vehicle driven by the 36-year-old.[1]
Officers stopped the 50-year-old on Zogu i Parë Boulevard and searched the
vehicle he was driving.[1]During that vehicle search officers found a
suspected quantity of cocaine divided into doses that police said was prepared
for sale.[1]Police seized the suspected narcotics, the imitation pistol, the
two vehicles and the mobile phones of those arrested.[1]Police referred the
procedural materials in the case to the prosecution for further action following
the operation.[2]
No weight or dose count was published for the suspected cocaine or cannabis, so no kilograms can be recorded.
The articles give no separate date for the stops; 4 November 2026 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
No charges, custody ruling or court outcome were reported; the case was only said to have been referred to the prosecution.
Cannabis was described only in the 36-year-old's possession while the 50-year-old's vehicle search was described only as cocaine, so the substances cannot be separated into totals.
Both accounts repeat the police version and no separate police-statement page was opened directly.
The submitted page image is captioned only as Capture, which does not establish that it shows this seizure, so no media entry is included.
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