SIPA arrests two persons in East Sarajevo for drug trafficking

(Patria) - Police officers of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) yesterday, as part of the operational action "Tranzit", arrested two persons in the area of East Sarajevo for smuggling drugs from Serbia, Slovenia and Montenegro into Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The arrested were discovered through the collection of intelligence data and analysis of encrypted applications Sky and Anom.

As stated, the arrested are suspected of committing the criminal offenses of "Organized Crime" and "Unauthorized Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs", and after criminal processing were handed over to the jurisdiction of the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

"The arrested transported a larger quantity of narcotic drugs from the territory of Montenegro, the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Slovenia to the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, namely about 121 kilograms of the narcotic drug cannabis, a kilogram of the narcotic drug cocaine, more than two kilograms of the narcotic drug heroin, and five kilograms of precursors for increasing the mass of the narcotic drug heroin," stated SIPA.

The search was carried out based on an oral order of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and under the supervision of the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in cooperation with police officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republika Srpska and the Sarajevo Canton.