Four Arrested for Drug Possession and Sale

On March 9, 2015, in the Ilidža municipality area, police officers from the Department for Combating Drug Abuse of the Criminal Police Sector of this Ministry carried out a search of individuals A.V., born in 1976 in Sarajevo, where he resides, and B.B., born in 1972 in Sarajevo, reports the Bosnian news agency Patria.

- On that occasion, 39 tablets of the narcotic drug suboxone/buprenorphine and a certain sum of money were found and seized from A.V., while 8 tablets of the same drug, which he had previously purchased from A.V., were found and seized from B.B.

Also, on the same day in the Centar Sarajevo municipality area, a search was conducted of individuals J.D., born in 1981 in Kalesija, and Š.S., born in 1990 in Brčko, both residing in Kalesija. On that occasion, one package containing a substance resembling the narcotic drug amphetamine, one package containing a substance resembling the narcotic drug heroin, 2 mobile phones, and a certain sum of money were found and seized from J.D., while one package containing approximately 5 grams of a substance resembling the narcotic drug heroin was found and seized from Š.S.

- The prosecutor of the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office in Sarajevo was informed of the above, and A.V. was deprived of liberty due to reasonable suspicion of having committed the criminal offense under Article 238, Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Unauthorized Production and Placing on the Market of Narcotic Drugs), while B.B., J.D., and Š.S. were deprived of liberty due to reasonable suspicion of having committed the criminal offense under Article 239, Paragraph 3 of the Criminal Code of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Possession and Enabling the Use of Narcotic Drugs). Legally prescribed measures will be taken against the aforementioned individuals.