The ban on Emiliano Shullaz at the Serious Crimes Prosecutor’s Office, midnight on Saturday, was a surprise not only for the media but also for state police officers.
At a time when Tirana Police officials were “unofficially” disseminating in the media that Shulzi would soon be out of the police grounds, as there was no evidence against him, Prosecution Judicial Police officers handed down the detention order against him and his two friends, Gilmando Dani and Besmir Shullazi.
A few hours before the ban, former Prime Minister Sali Berisha stated at a special press conference that Shullazi and his men had threatened the rector of the University of Tirana, Mynyr Koni, to withdraw from the academic competition.
According to the former prime minister, the candidate Koni was threatened with the lives of the family members to withdraw from the race, which would automatically be won by Klodeta Dibra, the other candidate, members of the Tirana Municipal Council by the Socialist Party of Prime Minister Edi Rama.
Shullazi, a well-known name of the “underworld” world of Tirana and Durres, has often been labeled by the right-wing opposition as a criminal pre-eminent man who performs dirty work for the account and under the auspices of Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Saimir Tahiri.
But Berisha’s public denunciation that Shulzi was involved in threats in the university field also brought a previously unknown element in the crime-business-political ties.
This situation forced the Tirana Police to initiate the verifications after the publication of the case in Berisha’s public statement.
Saturday night, the police, to show that there is no complex to anyone suspected of criminal offenses, accompanied Emiljano Shullazin. Officially, the police said he found it at the exit of his apartment, in the area of the former Bus Park in Tirana. During the escort, he is officially saying that he had nothing illegal, not even a cellular phone.
Boldnews.al learned from unofficial sources, but present at the scene, that Shullazi was waiting for the police to conduct his escort to a local on the road to Kavaja, an area known as his bastion.
From this dynamic, there is a suspicion that Shullazi was informed in advance by police forces about the possibility of escorting him for the alleged threats against Professor Konit.
Following the accompaniment of Shultz, police dispersed in media that he had taken to his premises to ask about what Berisha had said. Of course, Shullazi has denied everything, stating in detail where he was throughout the day on Saturday until the moment of escorting by the police.
This was a detail that was overlooked by the Police. He has provided details of the movements on Saturday, meanwhile the alleged event is thought to have occurred two days earlier on Thursday.
At around 22.00, Boldnews.al, as well as other media present at the Tirana Police Directorate, were reported “informally” that Shulzi and his friends would soon be released, as their suspicions were not proving at the moment. This information was also taught by about 30 friends of the escorts who were there in their support. The situation seemed calm and everything was marking the next “show” with the name of Shullazit.
However, the release of the escorts was delayed, and the concerns among Shullaz’s friends were becoming evident. I was again interested in police officers who were told prosecutors of the Tirana Prosecutor’s Office had come to do the formalities of the case.
Meanwhile, a few hundred meters further, the General Prosecutor had called in a meeting the chiefs of the Tirana Prosecutor’s Office and Serious Crimes, as well as General Director of Police Haki Çako and Tirana Police Director Ervin Hodaj. The media, which was focused on the Police Directorate, learned this information “informally” from the General Prosecutor’s Office. It seems that the Prosecution intended to play a protagonist in this story.
The media present at the General Prosecutor’s Office wall, reported that the meeting called by Llalla had been completed and officials had come out of the office of Chief Prosecutor quickly.
Over the course of the hours, around midnight, unofficial police sources regularly informed that release was a matter of moment and bureaucracy of the chiefs was delaying the procedures.
Meanwhile, in the interior of the Police Police had arrived unnoticed by those who were out, Professor Mynyr Koni, who was making his declarations.
At midnight, a Serious Crimes Prosecutor officer handed over police uniforms to the Shulzin and his friend with the same adjective as well as the person considered his right wing Gilmando Dani.
To them, in addition to the threat to Professor Konit, doubts have emerged as involved in fines and blasts with tritol. It is not fully known yet in which cases and if the prosecution has evidence against the detainees. However, this will be first assessed before the Serious Crimes Court, which will consider whether the prosecution has sufficient evidence against them.
