Police suspect that the owner of a gun range in Gjakova insisted on stealing and selling illegal weapons

Kosovo police have arrested a person in Gjakova, under suspicion that they have insisted on stealing at the weapons depot that they owned and that weapons from this licensed range have been sold to third persons.

According to the Police’s announcement, the case was originally reported on October 30, 2026 as a serious escape at a (polion) weapons depot in Gjakova. Police investigators from the Directorate for the Investigation of Organised Crime and Dead Crimes, in co-operation with the Basic Prosecutor in Gjakova, have conducted investigations concerning the case.

During the investigation, according to police, reasonable suspicion has been raised that reporting the owner of the warehouse for theft has been installed and that the weapons in the licensed range have been misused, respectively, by the owner himself.

In order to provide additional evidence of allegations of criminal acts, import, export, supply, transport, production, exchange, mediation or unauthorized weapons or explosive matter, and a false statement, on 3 November police have conducted checks at three locations in the Gjakova region.

During this operation, the suspect with the initials V.C., the Kosovo male, has been arrested, while evidence is seized that will be used in criminal procedure.

After the interview, with the decision of the Constitutional Prosecutor in Gjakova, the suspects have been assigned the detention measure for 48 hours.