Arrest in Sarajevo for Unauthorised International Drug Trafficking

(Patria) - Acting on the order of a prosecutor from the Special Department for Organised Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH, police officers of the MUP of the Sarajevo Canton are carrying out a code-named operation “Raptor” in the area of Sarajevo, aimed at combating organised crime related to unauthorised international trafficking of narcotic drugs.  

Four suspects have been deprived of their liberty, suspected of continuously engaging in unauthorised international purchase and sale, transport, mediation and delivery of narcotic drugs „cocaine“, „marijuana“ and „speed“, as well as other criminal offences, on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Serbia, the Republic of Montenegro and other countries.

Searches of premises and vehicles used by the aforementioned persons are underway.

The suspects are under investigation on the grounds of reasonable suspicion that they have committed the criminal offences of organised crime in connection with the criminal offence of unauthorised trafficking of narcotic drugs, human smuggling under the Criminal Code of BiH, and the criminal offence of insurance fraud under the Criminal Code of the Federation of BiH.

These activities are a continuation of operations in cases involving the decrypted Sky and Anom applications.

The suspects will be questioned within the legal deadline, after which the acting prosecutor will decide on further activities in the case.