The RENEA special forces, based on information from the local police, arrested the much-wanted Shkëlzen Xhenje in Shkodër.
Xhenje has been declared wanted by SPAK in the “Metamorfoza” file and is considered the right hand of Eljon Hato.
According to the police, the 32-year-old is involved in criminal activity since in 2021 he shot two people in Shkodër. He also brought illegal items into the Shënkolli Prison in Lezhë.
“Intensive tracking actions, to locate and bring before criminal responsibility, those wanted for previous criminal events. The coded police operation “Historiku” is finalized.
The “RENEA” Special Department, in cooperation with the Shkodra Police, locate, capture and arrest a citizen with a very high social risk.
The 32-year-old detained, with a very significant criminal record,
• wanted within the “Metamorphosis” operation;
• shot 2 citizens with firearms, in Shkodër, in 2021;
•introduced illegal items into the Shënkoll IEVP.
Thanks to the detailed planning of operational actions, complete conspiracy, coordination of services and intensive work of police intelligence, the services of the Local Police Directorate of Shkodër, supported by those of the Special Department “RENEA”, organized and finalized the police operation coded “History “.
The operation resulted in the location in the apartment where he was hiding, in the village of Kuç, the capture and neutralization of the wanted citizen Sh. Xh., 32 years old.
The 32-year-old, a citizen with a very high social risk, due to accusations/sentences for a variety of criminal offenses. Specifically, accused by the SPAK, within the “Metamorfoza” operation, of participating in a structured criminal group, wanted by the Shkodra Police, after in 2021, in cooperation with 2 other citizens, he fired a gun fire, citizens T. P. and K. M., as well as sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment, by the Court of Lezha, for the criminal offense “Introducing or keeping prohibited items in the institution of execution of prison sentences”.
The procedural materials were passed to the Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of First Instance of the General Jurisdiction in Shkodër, for further actions,” the State Police announcement states.
