Interpol documents expose Konaković: Dutch police informed FUP about Gačanin's drug crime in 2013

“Why do you so confidently claim they didn't know who they were guarding?” Klix journalist Emela Burdžović asked Bosnia's Foreign Minister Elmedin Konaković in May this year.

“Because I won't allow attacks on our honest police officers who didn't know who they were guarding. No one should attack them. Not even Avdo Avdić,” the minister replied.

“But,” Burdžović continued, “how do you know they didn't know?”

“Because there is evidence. How do you know they did?” was Konaković's response.

The topic was members of the Special Unit of the Federal Police Administration who guarded drug boss Edin Gačanin Tito in Sarajevo and Croatia in September 2016, for which they were arrested in the Black Tie operation in April 2024. Minister Konaković vigorously defended the special forces who guarded Tito during those days, claiming that none of them knew that Edin Gačanin was a drug boss, i.e., the leader of one of the most powerful drug cartels known as Tito and Dino.

Tito was guarded, the Investigation recalls, by Dženis Kadrić, Dražen Čobović, Senad Kadić, Adin Ćatić, and Emir Druškić. Čobović and Kadrić later left the FUP and moved with Tito to Dubai. In Dženis Kadrić's Sky phone, passport numbers of Elmedin Konaković and his immediate family members were later found, along with correspondence arranging Konaković's arrival in Dubai.

“All institutions have said that the police officers did not know who they were guarding,” Konaković said.

However, Interpol documents obtained by Istraga.ba prove that the foreign minister is not telling the truth. Specifically, on May 14, 2013, through Interpol, the Dutch police informed the Federal Police Administration that they were conducting an investigation against Edin Gačanin Tito for cocaine smuggling and money laundering.

“Subject: Edin Gačanin. According to the NCB Interpol The Hague, police from the Brabant area in the Netherlands are conducting an investigation into a case of money laundering and drug smuggling. The person in question is linked to individuals who committed the aforementioned criminal acts. He holds Dutch citizenship and, according to his own statements, lives in Sarajevo but spends his holidays in the Netherlands. According to unverified information, the person's father died in 2010. Given the fact that the person in question cannot be determined to have a legal source of income, he drives a Porsche vehicle. In connection with the above, we request that for the needs of NCB Interpol The Hague, you carry out the following checks: 1. Does the named Gačanin Edin have a registered residence address in Sarajevo? 2. Did his father die in 2010, and is it possible that he received an inheritance? 3. Is the person in question the owner of real estate? If so, please provide details. Does the named person have income from any profession or employment in any company. NCB Interpol The Hague would appreciate an urgent response,” reads the Interpol document, which was then forwarded to all police agencies in BiH.

Thus, the FUP and all police agencies in BiH knew that Edin Gačanin was suspected of cocaine smuggling and money laundering. This case at the FUP was assigned to inspector Semin Kadić. He would later travel to Peru due to the Balkan Cartel case, meaning that the leadership of the Federal Police Administration was very well aware of Edin Gačanin's activities. However, this did not prevent members of the FUP Special Unit from accepting the job of guarding the drug boss during his stay in Sarajevo three years later, in September 2016, at the urging of Konaković's godfather Gordan Memija.

Among the special forces who guarded Tito was Senad Kadić, whose brother Semin Kadić was assigned the Balkan Cartel case. Tito was also guarded by then-special forces officer Dražen Čobović, who was a friend of Elmedin Konaković and with whom he went on Hajj. They were joined by Gordan Memija.

Despite the fact that the FUP had official information that Edin Gačanin Tito was involved in cocaine smuggling, the Federal Ministry of Interior accepted a donation of uniforms for the Special Unit in 2016 and 2017. The uniforms were donated precisely by Edin Gačanin Tito through the company Rhea Express. At that time, the head of the FMUP was Aljoša Čampara, a member of the Presidency of Konaković's NiP party.

After the story about Tito and the uniforms became public, the current FUP director Vahidin Munjić stepped in. He did everything to save the three special forces officers from disciplinary responsibility. In the end, Munjić decided to promote special forces officers Senad Kadić, Emir Druškić, and Adin Ćatić to the rank of inspector, even though none of them have a permit to access classified information.