Raids conducted in Visoko, Kakanj and Zenica: Knives, batons, drugs found...

On February 19, 2016, during the night hours, police teams in the areas of Visoko, Kakanj and Zenica planned and organized raids, within which detailed inspections of catering establishments, persons in those establishments and sports betting shops were carried out, the ZDK Ministry of Interior announced, as reported by the Patria agency.

As part of these activities, two catering establishments were searched in the Visoko area, and raids were conducted in eleven catering establishments. Additionally, four checkpoints were set up in the city center to enhance control of traffic participants, during which a large number of vehicles and persons were checked and inspected.

In the Kakanj area, two catering establishments were searched, and raids were conducted in four catering establishments. On that occasion, three knives and a small amount of plant material resembling an illegal drug were found and seized. The disputed material was temporarily confiscated and will be subject to necessary expert examinations. Inspections at checkpoints, also set up in the city center of Kakanj, resulted in the inspection of a large number of vehicles and persons, during which five knives and one baton were found and seized.

In the Zenica area, during the past night, inspections were carried out at fourteen catering establishments, with the involvement of members of the Special Police Unit of the Ministry of Interior of the Zenica-Doboj Canton.

The day before, on February 18, two persons suspected of committing criminal offenses: aggravated theft, theft, and causing general danger by arson were arrested in Visoko. A report on the committed criminal offense and the identification of the perpetrators will be submitted to the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office of the Zenica-Doboj Canton against five persons, three of whom are minors, due to reasonable suspicion that they committed the criminal offenses of "Theft" under Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, "Aggravated Theft" under Article 287 of the Criminal Code of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, "Damage to Another's Property" under Article 293 of the Criminal Code of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, "Arson" under Article 301 of the Criminal Code of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, "Causing General Danger" under Article 323 of the Criminal Code of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the criminal offense under Article 52 of the Law on Procurement, Possession and Carrying of Weapons and Ammunition of the Zenica-Doboj Canton.