Trnovo: In an intoxicated state, he hit a police officer; weapons found during house search

SARAJEVO, (Patria) – On Wednesday evening at 23:45, B.D. from Trnovo voluntarily entered the premises of the Trnovo Police Station, visibly intoxicated with an injury to the head area, reporting that he had been physically attacked by unknown persons. TrnovoDuring the interview with B.D., he displayed particularly rude behavior in the premises of the Trnovo Police Station towards police officers, at one point physically attacking a police officer of the Trnovo Police Station by striking him in the head area with a clenched fist. After the physical attack, police officers prevented further assault by B.D. on the police officer, bringing him under control using force and restraints. 

Due to reasonable suspicion that he had committed the criminal offense of assault on an official person in the performance of security duties, he was deprived of his liberty. After being taken into custody, B.D. was subjected to an alcohol test, and the presence of alcohol in his system was determined to be 1.69 per mille. In connection with the aforementioned criminal offense, the duty prosecutor of the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office of Sarajevo Canton was notified by phone, who gave oral consent for a search of the house and accompanying facilities of the person deprived of liberty. 

On April 17, 2020, based on an oral order from the preliminary proceedings judge of the Municipal Court in Sarajevo, police officers of the Sixth Police Administration conducted a search of the accompanying facilities and house owned by B.D., during which they found and, with a certificate of temporary seizure of items, seized: 8 hand grenades, one automatic rifle, five magazines for the automatic rifle, one modified M48 rifle with a shortened barrel, one trigger mechanism with a cut barrel, one wooden stock with a wooden butt, and 886 rounds of ammunition of various calibers without authorization from the competent authority. 

Police officers also found one hunting rifle with an optical sight, one pistol, and 18 rounds of ammunition for which he possessed authorization from the competent authority. 

After the completion of the criminal investigation, on the same day at 21:30, B.D. was released from the official premises of the Trnovo Police Station. 

Due to reasonable suspicion that he committed the criminal offenses of assault on an official person in the performance of security duties and illegal possession of weapons or explosive materials, police officers of the Sixth Police Administration will submit a regular report on the committed criminal offense against B.D. to the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office of Sarajevo Canton.