Elderly man kidnapped and fined 20 million lek, 6 people arrested in Tirana

Tirana police have arrested 5 citizens after they forcibly took a 68-year-old man from "George W. Bush" street and held him hostage in an abandoned apartment in the village of Kakunjë.

They threatened his wife, demanding a large sum of money for his freedom.

After receiving 2 million lek, this amount was handed over to citizen Bajram Ibrali in the Sauk area.

The police conducted searches in their homes as well as in a vehicle in which they were traveling and made it possible to arrest these citizens: Sulejman Sina, Klinton Sina, Idajet Mashollari, Bajram Ibraliu, Nikoleta Begolli.

Full announcement:

They forcibly took and held hostage a 68-year-old man in a suburban area, and threatened his wife, in order to extort 2,000,000 lek. Five citizens who collaborated in the commission of this crime were arrested a few hours later.

1,746,000 lek are seized from the amount that the wife gave to these citizens.

Immediately after information provided by police intelligence that on 29.04.2025, some citizens had forcibly taken a citizen, whom they had held hostage and in exchange for his freedom they had taken a large sum of money, specialists from the Serious Crimes Investigation Sector organized the work to identify and arrest the perpetrators.

As a result of the swift and professional actions carried out within the framework of the "Imediat" operation, 5 suspected citizens implicated in this case were arrested, specifically: citizens Sulejman Sina, Klinton Sina, Idajet Mashollari, Bajram Ibraliu, Nikoleta Begolli.

From the investigations, the video footage and the evidence obtained, it has resulted that citizens SS, KS and IM, on “George W. Bush” street, have forcibly taken citizen EA, 68 years old, into a vehicle and held hostage, in an abandoned apartment in the village of Kakunjë. And then they called his wife, whom they blackmailed for the life of the 68-year-old, demanding the sum of 2,000,000 lek. This sum was handed over to citizen BI, in the Sauk area.

Following the actions to fully clarify the incident, searches were carried out in the homes of these citizens as well as in a vehicle in which citizen SS and citizen NB were traveling, where 1,746,000 lek suspected of having been obtained through threats from the wife of citizen EA were found and seized.

The procedural materials were referred to the Tirana Prosecutor's Office for further action.