Drug dealer and armed man arrested in Sarajevo city center: Drugs and unlicensed pistol found

Members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Sarajevo Canton (MUP KS) arrested two individuals in the city center of Sarajevo in the evening hours for assaulting an official and carrying a weapon without a permit, as well as for possession of drugs, writes the BH news agency Patria.

In Jelića Street around 7:45 PM, police officers of the First Police Administration deprived J.S., born in 1986 in Sarajevo, where he resides, of his liberty due to grounds for suspicion that he committed the criminal offenses of preventing an official from performing an official duty and Article 52 of the Law on the Acquisition, Possession, and Carrying of Weapons and Ammunition.

- During the search, a "CZ" pistol, caliber 7.65 mm, with a magazine and 7 rounds of the same caliber, for which he does not possess a permit from the competent authority, was found and confiscated.

The prosecutor of the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office in Sarajevo was informed, and J.S. was handed over to the Department for Detention of Detained Persons of the MUP of the Sarajevo Canton.

At 10:20 PM in Ferhadija Street, police officers of the First Police Administration deprived P.A., born in 1992 in Sarajevo, where he resides, of his liberty due to grounds for suspicion that he committed the criminal offense of unauthorized production and trafficking of narcotic drugs.

- During the search, 6 packages containing a substance resembling the narcotic drug Speed, one package with herbaceous material resembling the narcotic drug marijuana, and 13 ecstasy tablets were found and confiscated.

The prosecutor of the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office in Sarajevo was informed, and P.A. was handed over to the Department for Detention of Detained Persons of the MUP of the Sarajevo Canton.