SIPA detains one person for unauthorized drug trafficking

(Patria) - State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) police officers today, in the Sarajevo area, detained one person on grounds of suspicion of committing the criminal offenses of "Organized Crime" and "Unauthorized Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs" stipulated by the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The detained person was taken to SIPA premises for criminal processing and questioning as a suspect.

During the search of a passenger motor vehicle, thirty-eight packages of a narcotic drug, which visually resembles "Cannabis" narcotic drug, were discovered and temporarily confiscated.

The search was carried out based on an oral order from the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and under the supervision of the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in cooperation with police officers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Sarajevo Canton, the Federal Police Administration, and the Border Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the Indirect Taxation Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina.