10 tons of tangerines with high pesticide content – Police arrest 3 people!
The State Police announced today that as a result of a three-month investigation, with the objective of cracking down on cases of food fraud, as well as protecting consumers, the Economic and Financial Crime Investigation Section, in cooperation with the Berat Prosecutor's Office, finalized the police operation codenamed "Injection".
According to the report, the investigation revealed that the farmer, citizen ET, 46 years old, had produced and delivered 10 tons of fruit (tangerines) for storage to the subject of citizen AD, in the village of Gorica. The quantity of fruit was exported by citizen AD to Croatia, where the analysis resulted in a high content of the pesticide Phosmet.
The police inform that for this reason, the quantity was returned by the Croatian state and sold on the Albanian market by citizen AD. Meanwhile, it is suspected that citizen ET, 30 years old, with the duty of inspector of the Regional Directorate of Veterinary and Plant Protection, has issued fictitious phytosanitary certificates for the entity under the administration of citizen AD, as well as for other entities.
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