The Court of Appeal of Kosovo accepted Naser Keljmendi's appeal and acquitted him of drug trafficking charges, for which he was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison at first instance, reports Srna.
In the explanation of the court decision, it was stated that Keljmendi was acquitted because it was not proven that he committed the criminal offense for which he was accused.
"He was acquitted because the evidence that was conducted in the judicial audit does not prove that he committed the criminal offense charged in the indictment," the Court announced.
On July 31, the Special Prosecutor's Office of Kosovo requested from the Court of Appeal a stricter sentence for Keljmendi, who was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison by the Basic Court in Pristina on May 18 of this year for drug trafficking.
In February 2018, Keljmendi was sentenced to six years in prison for drug trafficking, but upon appeal, the case was sent back for a retrial.
In the other counts of the indictment, which included accusations of organized crime and the murder of Ramiz Delalić, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Keljmendi was declared innocent.
Keljmendi, born in Peja, is a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and was arrested for the first time in 2013 by the Kosovo police on the basis of an international warrant issued by the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The United States Treasury Department identified him in 2012 as a narcotics trafficker.
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