TIRANA, December 20 /ATA/ Interior Minister Taulant Balla warned that the story of throwing waste or inert materials into the banks of rivers will come to an end.
In a reaction in the social media, Balla stated that the State Police and the National Inspectorate of Territory Protection will step up vigilance for protection of the environment.
“The State Police and the Inspectorate are stepping up their vigilance every day and will bring everyone who commits environmental crimes to justice. The story of dumping waste/inert materials into the river banks or in other unauthorized places will come to an end! I congratulate Tirana State Police for cracking down on a serious environmental crime in the Erzen River,” Balla emphasized.
Earlier in the day, the Police of Tirana reported that the units of the Police Station No. 1, arrested 1 citizen, who was caught in the act of unloading inert materials into the Erzen river bed.
This citizen was caught red-handed throwing into the bed of the river Erzen, in the village of Stërmas, inert waste that he had transported with a pickup truck, which was seized as material evidence.
The procedural materials were transferred to the Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of First Instance of the General Jurisdiction of Tirana for further actions./p.s./
