Officer of the Police Administration, Dalibor Ljekočević, was arrested by order of the Higher State Prosecutor's Office on reasonable suspicion that he had committed the criminal offense of "unauthorized production and distribution of narcotic drugs.
According to unofficial information from "Vijesti", an inspector employed at the Podgorica Security Center was arrested this morning, and searches and criminal investigations are ongoing.
"Today, the Police Administration filed a criminal complaint with the Higher State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica against the officers of the Police Administration D.Lj., as well as persons DK, D.Lj. and SS, for the criminal offense of unauthorized production, possession and distribution of narcotic drugs from Article 300 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro," states the statement signed by the head of the Higher Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica, Lepa Medenica.
The filing of the criminal complaint, he adds, was preceded by the implementation of a number of measures and actions by the Higher State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica in cooperation with the Police Directorate.
They will be heard today in the High State Prosecutor's Office as suspects, and after that other measures and actions prescribed by law will be taken.
The Police Directorate announced that the officers of the Security Department in Podgorica, together with the officers of the Anti-Crime Sector in coordination with the Higher State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica, carried out a months-long police operation codenamed "Lovka", which was aimed at suppressing the so-called street sales of heroin on the territory of the Capital City.
In relation to that case, the announcement adds, in the previous period, a criminal complaint was also filed against NT
"Members of the Police Administration today, by order of the investigating judge of the High Court in Podgorica, searched apartments and other premises, as well as vehicles used by suspects," the statement reads.
As they stated, the police confiscated a total of 230 grams of heroin, about 120 grams of marijuana, money in the amount of 23.345 euros, four vehicles, 105 pieces of ammunition and two scales for precise measurement during the duration of that multi-month activity.
They state that it is suspected that the money found comes from the so-called street sale of narcotics.
The police and the prosecutor's office believe that they have gathered enough material evidence to suspect Ljekočević of being involved in drug trafficking for a long time because he was under the "watchful eye of his colleagues" for months.
Ljekočević was accused with several other colleagues of the Podgorica Security Center for the criminal offense of extorting a statement from the injured party, Benjamin Mugoša, but the start of the court proceedings was postponed several times in the Basic Court in Podgorica.
Mugoša, Marko Boljević and Jovan Grujičić in May 2020, as they claim, suffered police torture during the investigation of the "bomb attacks" on the house of civil servant Dusko Golubović and the bar "Grand".
Inspector Ljekočević was accused of extorting a statement from Marko Boljević by torture, while no one from the police administration has yet been accused of torturing Grujičić.
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