Defense lawyers' appeal accepted, court to re-decide on detention of traffic police officers

SARAJevo, (Patria) - The appeal of the lawyers of the police officers arrested in the "Dar 1" operation, who were ordered into detention on August 14, has been accepted, and the decision on ordering detention has been returned for re-decision, it has been confirmed for the Patria News Agency.

Otherwise, detention was ordered after a hearing that was closed to the public, and to this day it remains unknown what exactly the police officers are accused of. It is known that it is not an organized group, but the Municipal Court of Sarajevo ordered a one-month detention at the proposal of the KS Prosecutor's Office.

As stated by the Police Administration of the MUP KS after the arrest of 18 police officers, members of the Traffic Unit, they express their readiness and determination to deal with all individuals who, in any way, damage the reputation of the Sarajevo Canton police, and to hold them accountable in accordance with the law.

Police Commissioner Nusret Selimović, just one day after the detention of the police officers was ordered, said in an interview for Klix that this is the largest operation of "cleaning its own ranks within a police agency".

"In the recent history of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as far as I know, a planned and organized operation has never been carried out in this way, and especially not resulting in the deprivation of liberty of such a large number of members of a law enforcement agency," said Selimović.

The public should know what criminal offenses the arrested police officers are charged with, as well as whether there is responsibility of superior officers. Because, according to the information published, this case should have been processed earlier. Does this mean that the head of the Police Administration of the MUP KS knew about such or similar cases but did not react, given that he announced similar activities?