04 May 2011

EULEX Executive Police have arrested one man in Peja in connection with international heroin trafficking.  Searches at two different premises in Peja linked to drugs trafficking, were also carried out by EULEX Police.

The operation took place in the early morning of Wednesday 4 May.

The arrested individual is accused of trafficking in drugs in and out of Kosovo to various European countries in 2008-09. His arrest is part of a wider investigation into organized crime.