28-year-old arrested, drugs found during apartment search

On 01/13/2016 at 8:25 PM, police officers from the Department for Combating Narcotic Drug Abuse of this Ministry arrested H.E., born in 1988 in Sarajevo, where he resides, due to the existence of grounds for suspicion that he committed the criminal offense of unauthorized production and trafficking of narcotic drugs.

During a personal search of the suspect in Trg nezavisnosti street, Novi Grad Sarajevo municipality, 5 packages of a grassy substance resembling the narcotic drug marijuana were found and confiscated. Based on the Order of the Municipal Court in Sarajevo, a search of the apartment used by the suspect in Bosanska street, Novi Grad Sarajevo municipality, was conducted, during which the following were found and confiscated:

- approximately 14.20 grams of a substance resembling the narcotic drug speed,

- approximately 3.10 grams of a grassy substance resembling the narcotic drug marijuana,

- 109 small packages of a grassy substance resembling the narcotic drug marijuana,

- one hand-rolled cigarette "joint" and

- one digital scale,

The prosecutor of the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office in Sarajevo was informed, and H.E. was handed over to the Department for Detention of Detained Persons of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Sarajevo Canton. Police officers are continuing their work on clarifying and documenting the criminal activities of the mentioned individual.