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Young man taken hostage in Saranda/ 33-year-old arrested

2025-09-25 10:26:00, Kronika CNA

Young man taken hostage in Saranda/ 33-year-old arrested

Saranda police have arrested a 33-year-old man who took a young man hostage yesterday in the village of Metoq.

The 33-year-old held the 19-year-old for a short time and then released him.

Police report that the incident occurred for weak motives and initially the 19-year-old did not admit to being taken hostage, but further investigations revealed this.

Police notification

Saranda/A 19-year-old man was deprived of his freedom by being held in a vehicle against his will for several minutes, and the 33-year-old was arrested.

Following the preliminary information provided yesterday, regarding the case of a 19-year-old who was suspected of being forcibly taken into a vehicle, the investigative structures of the Saranda Police Commissariat, under the direction of the Saranda Prosecutor's Office, continued actions to clarify the circumstances and complete legal documentation of the event. From the statements given to the judicial police officers, the 19-year-old did not admit that he was forcibly taken, but further investigations made it possible to fully clarify the case.

As a result, the Police identified and arrested citizen GO, 33 years old, resident of the village of Gjashtë, Saranda, in flagrante delicto. This citizen is suspected of having taken citizen FM, 19 years old, into a “Mercedes-Benz” vehicle against his will on 24.09.2025, at around 13:30, after a conflict for weak motives in the village of Metoq, against his will, holding him there for a short time and then releasing him.

The procedural materials were referred to the Prosecutor's Office at the First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction in Saranda, for further action, for the criminal offense of "Unlawful Deprivation of Liberty"./ CNA





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