Anti-drug operation/ Brother of the SP deputy in Lezha is detained

As part of an anti-drug operation developed in the Hungarian area, the police of Lezha have accompanied and are interrogating Armando Ndreca, the brother of the deputy of the Socialist Party in this district, Eduart Ndreca. Armando Ndreca’s brother-in-law accompanied him, while the operation took place in the village of Kashnjet of the Ungrej administrative […]

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