https://birminghamdaily.co.uk/tags/albania/Recent content in albania on Birmingham DailyHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usWed, 08 Apr 2026 04:45:00 +0000https://birminghamdaily.co.uk/asylum-seeker-imprisoned-for-running-cocaine-snizz-line-claims-no-profit-made/Wed, 08 Apr 2026 04:45:00 +0000https://birminghamdaily.co.uk/asylum-seeker-imprisoned-for-running-cocaine-snizz-line-claims-no-profit-made/Mariglen Malaj, a 26-year-old asylum seeker from Albania, has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison for operating a cocaine distribution network in Rugeley, Staffordshire. Undercover police officers apprehended him on December 3 last year after observing him supply drugs in a local alleyway. Crown prosecutor Adam Watkins detailed how Malaj was found carrying £1,000 in cash, two wraps of cocaine, and two mobile phones, which he refused to unlock for police.