THREE ALBANIANS, ONE CZECH SENT BEHIND BARS FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Czech News Agency - March 12, 2007, Monday

Prague, March 12 (CTK) - The Prague High Court today endorsed, in the appeals proceedings, prison sentences to three Kosovo Albanians and one Czech for smuggling 5 kilos of heroin to the Czech Republic in March and April 2003 that were given to them by the Plzen Regional Court last October. Two Kosovo Albanians will spend ten years in prison each and the third one will spend 12 years behind bars. Czech Petr Poupal, 27, was sentenced to three years in prison. The criminal activities of the group were disclosed with the help of police wiretapping. "The involvement of all four men in drug-smuggling has been proved unambiguously," the chairman of the court panel said. Brahim Qorri received 12 years in prison, and Zumer Isljanim and Kadrim Kadrjim 10 years each. Czech customs officers seized the drug in Breclav, south Moravia. The Albanians tried to smuggle heroin from Pristina, Kosovo, to the Czech Republic and then to sell it in Germany. They used the services of Czech courier Poupal for the transfer of the drug from Pristina to the Czech Republic. The court also ruled that Qorri, the main organiser of the criminal activities and the only one of the suspects turn up at the court today, will be deported from the Czech Republic. vv/dr/kva

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