Attempted to rob mail at knifepoint, 24-year-old found hiding in ceiling in Shkodra - Gazeta Express
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Express newspaper

07/02/2026 15:49

Attempted to rob mail at knifepoint, 24-year-old found hiding in ceiling in Shkodra

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Express newspaper

07/02/2026 15:49

A 24-year-old man has been arrested by the Shkodra Police after he attempted to violently rob a branch of the Albanian Post Office yesterday evening.

MM, 24 years old, resident of the village of Guci e Re, was arrested after hiding in the ceiling of his apartment to avoid the police.

This citizen is suspected of having attempted to violently rob the Albanian Post branch yesterday evening, in the "Vasil Shanto" neighborhood, threatening with a cutting tool (knife).

While leaving, he broke the window of the counter and fled on a stolen bicycle.

Also, a few minutes later, he is suspected of having attempted again, again with the threat of a cutting tool (knife), to violently rob a market in the "Fahri Ramadani" neighborhood.

While leaving, in the "Skënderbeg" neighborhood, he is suspected of stealing another bicycle.

During the search of this citizen's apartment, the Police Services found and seized, as material evidence, the clothes he used during the commission of the criminal offense, as well as the stolen bicycles.

The procedural materials were referred to the Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Shkodra, for the criminal offenses of "Robbery of banks and savings banks", which remained in the attempted stage, "Robbery with violence", "Theft" and "Unlicensed production, possession, purchase or sale of cold weapons".

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