Protest against HPP in Mirdite, Organizer Among Four Arrested

Police have arrested four people after Sunday's protest in Mirdita and 30 others have been prosecuted on their own recognizance. 

According to official sources, in connection with the protest held yesterday, around 12:30, in the village of Thirrë, Fan Administrative Unit, Mirditë, Crime Investigation Specialists at the Lezha and Mirditë Police Stations, at the end of the action, arrested in flagrance citizens: Besnik Paci, 48 years old, resident in Lezha, organizer of the illegal protest; E. B., 22 years old, E. B., 21 years old and Ç. G., 22 years old, resident in Kosovo. 

These citizens, in cooperation with each other, have protested illegally near the Kalimash tunnel, in the village of Thirrë, Mirditë, blocking the movement of vehicles on the Milot-Morinë axis, and have violently opposed the police employees, disobeying their order to unlock vehicle traffic. 

The materials in their charge will be forwarded to the Prosecutor's Office of the Lezha Judicial District, for further actions, for the criminal offenses "Organizing and participating in illegal gatherings and demonstrations", "Obstructing the circulation of vehicles" and "Disobeying the order of a police officer ”.