Joint action by police agencies in Herzegovina: Sarajevo resident arrested, weapons seized

(Patria) - In a joint operation by cantonal Ministries of Internal Affairs (MUP KS and MUP HN) and OSA, conducted in the Herzegovina region, one person from Sarajevo was arrested and weapons were seized.

The operation was carried out on Friday evening and Saturday, based on previously collected information that individuals connected to the commission of criminal offenses of robbery, grand theft, endangering safety, and damage to another's property in the Sarajevo Canton were located in the Mostar area.

"Acting on a dispatch from the Directorate of Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Sarajevo Canton (Criminal Police Department of Novi Grad Police Administration), police officers of the Criminal Police Department of Mostar Police Administration, in cooperation with the Criminal Police Sector, the Support Unit of the Directorate of Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of HNK, and the Intelligence-Security Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on June 20, in the evening hours, carried out an operational action in the area of Rudnik settlement – Vihovići mine, City of Mostar," it was announced this morning from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton.

They added that based on previously collected information that individuals connected to the aforementioned criminal offenses committed in the Sarajevo Canton, who were using a black Touareg vehicle with German license plates, were located in the Mostar area, this vehicle, which is also the subject of criminal offenses, was located.

"During the operation, person A.F. (1989) from Sarajevo was deprived of liberty. The duty prosecutor of the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office Mostar was informed about everything, under whose supervision, during the investigation in the vehicle, the following were found and seized: an automatic rifle, three magazines with a total of 89 rounds of 7.62 × 39 mm caliber, several pairs of gloves, a balaclava, masks, various tools suitable for committing criminal offenses, a hose with electrical wiring, two PVC canisters with an unknown liquid, a mobile phone, a SIM card, a flashlight, several pairs of clothes, personal belongings, and money in various denominations," stated the Ministry of Internal Affairs of HNK.

Also, in Dubrovačka Street in Mostar, a Seat vehicle used by the arrested person was found. The Seat was transported by tow truck to the premises of the Mostar Police Administration, while an investigation was conducted at the scene.

"On June 21, in cooperation with police officers of the Directorate of Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of West Herzegovina Canton (Criminal Police Department of Ljubuški Police Administration), and based on a written order from the Municipal Court in Ljubuški, the residential premises used by the suspect were searched. Items originating from a grand theft reported on June 19 to the Ljubuški Police Administration were found," the statement emphasized.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of HNK notes that these activities are the result of successful cooperation with OSA, police officers of the Novi Grad Sarajevo Police Administration, and police officers of the Directorate of Police of West Herzegovina Canton.