Dritan Gradica and Julian Deblini are, according to Spanish media the identities of the two Albanians arrested in Spain with 1 ton of Colombian cocaine. According to News24 it turns out that the first has stolen an identity, while the second, Julian Deblini, does not exist at all as an identity in the national registry of civil status in Albania.
The last hours is unofficially reported that one of the arrested, the one stole the identity of Dritan Gradica, is the citizen Arjan Ndoci, from Laç, the brother of a well-known businessman in Tirana.
While the other person is a citizen from Lezha and it turns out that for years he has not entered Albanian territory."News24" requested information from the State Police, which explained that is cooperating with the authorities of DEA and the Spanish police to confirm the true identity of the arrested, but so far it has not been possible.
If the police has available these identities, they are unclear, although it is not officially confirmed. It remains to be seen the reaction of the police and the Interior Ministry in the following hours regarding the case in question. It should be noted that both arrested are equipped with biometric passports issued by the Albanian authorities.
The Albanians who, according to the Spanish media were Dritan Gradica and Julian Deblini, were arrested three days ago in Madrid in the lobby of a hotel shortly after police authorities seized a record amount of 1 ton cocaine and a suitcase of 1.55 million euros.
The drug, which was thought to have been purchased from Klan Del Golfo in Cristiano Colombia, was transported to Madrid with a carter and each of the packs had the seal CR7, the same as that used for the star of football, Ronaldo.
Spanish media say that the investigations about the criminal group began in November last year, while the operation was conducted by the Department of Anti-Narcotics Department of Colombia, the US DEA in coordination with Europol.