Searches in Živinice and Banovići for organized crime and drug trafficking

(Patria) - Police officers of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA), together with police officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tuzla Canton, today launched the operational action "Mula" in the area of Živinice and Banovići, within which they are searching residential and auxiliary buildings and movable property at 18 locations in connection with 15 suspects.

The operational action "Mula" is being carried out under the order of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and under the supervision of the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, due to the existence of grounds for suspicion that the criminal offense of "Organized Crime" in connection with the criminal offense of "Unauthorized Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs" prescribed by the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been committed.

More information will be available during the day after the operational action is concluded, SIPA announced.