FUP arrests two persons for extortion and endangering safety, minor released

Police officers of the Federal Police Administration, in the period from April 22 to April 24, 2016, under the supervision of the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office of Sarajevo Canton and in cooperation with the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, carried out an operational action called „Smart“ in the area of these two cantons, reports the Bosnian news agency Patria.

As part of the mentioned action, and by order of the Municipal Court in Sarajevo, two persons from Konjic, initials D.E. (1994) and minor M.R. (1999), were deprived of their liberty.

The persons deprived of liberty are linked to the criminal offenses of „Extortion“ under Article 295 and „Endangering Safety“ under Article 183 of the Criminal Code of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, because, with the aim of obtaining unlawful property gain, in the period from the beginning of April 2016, they continuously issued serious threats to the life of the injured party Z.J., a citizen of the Republic of Croatia, and thus attempted to extort money in the amount of 10,000.00 Euros from him.

The persons deprived of liberty were criminally processed in the official premises of the Federal Police Administration, after which person D.E. was handed over within the legal deadline to the further jurisdiction of the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office of Sarajevo Canton along with a Report on the committed criminal offense and the perpetrator, while the reported M.R. was released by order of the acting prosecutor.