The Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica, in a criminal case formed after tunnel digging and theft from the depot of the High Court in Podgorica, issued an order to conduct an investigation against Veljko M. Marković, from Loznica, he is on the run, Milan T. Marković, from Loznica, he is on the run, Dejan D. Jovanović, with residence in Belgrade, is on the run, Vladimir M. Erić from Loznica, is on the run, Predrag M. Mirotić, with residence in Zeta, and several unknown persons without further personal information, is on the run are on the run.
Due to the well-founded suspicion that at the beginning of July 2023, in Podgorica, aware of the crime they wanted to commit, they became members of a group, together with several unknown persons, which group was organized by an unknown person, and which aimed to commit criminal acts aggravated theft and preventing evidence from Article 390 paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro, for which offenses a prison sentence of five years or a heavier sentence can be imposed.
In such a way that an unknown female person, using a fake identity card in the name of Andrijana Marić, through a real estate agency from Podgorica, leased a business premises located at 10 Njegoševa Street in Podgorica, with basement premises below that business premises. The lease agreement was signed by the woman with the owner of the business premises, Tamara Vojvodić, on July 24, 2023, for a period of three years with a rental price of EUR 1.400,00 per month, while Tamara Vojvodić was mistaken about the identity of the tenant and the purpose of use. office space.
It was agreed that the keys to the basement would be taken over by a man who falsely introduced himself as Edin Adžihmetović, who on August 07, 08, took over the key from Nataša Čuković, the mother of the owner of the business premises. In order to gain illegal property rights for themselves and others, by overcoming major obstacles and breaking through, the defendants Veljko Marković, Milan Marković, Dejan Jovanović and Vladimir Erić, using suitable tools, dug an underground tunnel about 2023 meters long from the basement premises to the depot of the High Court in Podgorica, located at the address Njegoševa no. 30 in Podgorica, where the evidentiary material from the cases that are being conducted or have been concluded before that Court is located.
After which, using suitable means and tools, they broke through the concrete wall at the depot and through the opening created in this way in the period from 08.09.2023 to 11.09.2023. entered the premises of the depot, where they inspected and ransacked a number of things and objects in which court proceedings are being conducted or have been completed, as well as ransacked the locked office where the weapons are kept.
On that occasion, they illegally confiscated and appropriated a pistol - a CZ brand revolver, model 83/84, caliber 357 magnum, factory number 67312, a "Zastava" pistol, caliber 6,35, factory number ET8101150, a "CZ" pistol, model M 57, caliber 7,62, factory number C-91362. pistol-revolver brand LANHAM MK III magnum 357 CTG", factory number 92566L, pistol-revolver brand Magnum 357 - SMITH WESSON", factory number D940335, model 13-1 and rifle brand BAIKAL number H 8022, hunting rifle brand BAIKAL" model IJ -27E", factory number 13080, pistol brand Rr-51 POLICE", caliber 7,65mm, factory number 643534 and pistol brand CZ model M 70, caliber 7,6mm, factory number deleted, and with the intention of preventing and making it difficult to prove in the proceedings which are pending in the cases before the High Court in Podgorica, seized - hid pistols brand "Zoraki M 906B caliber 7,65mm and 6 bullets in the frame, Broving" factory number Y2907, NN brand and number caliber 7,65mm, CZ" model 75 LUGER , serial number 6579, CZ" model 57 caliber 7,62mm without serial number, Valter Creed" caliber 9mm, mechanically removed serial number, GLOK serial number BCYF 214, CZ model 57 caliber 7,62 TT, mechanically destroyed serial number, CZ PARA "caliber 9mm, factory number 64036, and the Red Flag brand rifle cal. 223 Reming factory number 12107.
These stolen items were taken through a previously made tunnel on 11.9.2023/XNUMX/XNUMX. took them with them to the basement, and then placed them in suitcases and nylon bags and took them with them in a taxi to an apartment in Ksenije Cicvarić Street in Podgorica that was previously rented by a person who falsely presented himself as Miloš Marković from the tenant Marko Pavićević.
That on the same day, the defendant Predrag Mirotić, acting as a member of the association according to the previous agreement and divided roles, together with the defendants Veljko Marković, Milan Marković, Dejan Jovanović and Vladimir Erić, jointly participated in the act of execution, by using a "Renault Clio" vehicle with registration number PGFT486 referred to a Mercedes Sprinter truck with registration number TZAA384, in which the other defendants previously placed the means of committing the crime, which they took out of the apartment in Ksenije Cicvarić Street in Podgorica, near Botun by the Morača River in Podgorica, where they threw funds, and then they hid the trucks in Botun.
Then the defendant Predrag Mirotić returned them to the apartment in Ksenije Cicvarić Street, and in his vehicle he returned home to Grbavci, where he lives, after which on the same day the defendants Veljko Marković, Milan Marković and Dejan Jovanović left Montenegro, namely the defendants Veljko Marković and Milan Marković at the Šćepan Polje border crossing, and the defendant Dejan Jovanović at the Dobrakovo border crossing.
By which the defendants Veljko Marković, Milan Marković, Dejan Jovanović, Vladimir Eric Predrag Mirotić and unknown persons would have committed the criminal offense of criminal association under Article 401 paragraph 2 in connection with paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro in conjunction with the criminal offense of aggravated theft under Article 240 paragraph 1 point 1 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro and prevention of evidence from Article 390 paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro in co-perpetration from Article 23 paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro.
During the investigation procedure, it was established that there was a well-founded suspicion that the defendants Veljko Marković, Milan Marković, Dejan Jovanović and Vladimir Erić, as co-perpetrators, committed the criminal offense of criminal association under Article 401 paragraph 2 in relation to paragraph 1 in relation to Article 23 paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro in connection with the crimes of aggravated theft from Article 240 paragraph 1 point 1 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro and prevention of evidence from Article 390 paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro, and the defendant Predrag Mirotic the criminal offense of criminal association from Article 401 paragraph 2 in connection with paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro in connection with the crimes of aggravated theft from Article 240 paragraph 1 point 1 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro, prevention of evidence from Article 390 paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro through assistance in connection with Article 25 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Montenegro. Grounded suspicion is determined from the criminal complaint of the Police Directorate of the Anti-Crime Sector, the official notes of the Police Directorate of OB Podgorica, four reports on the criminal technical examination of the scene, notifications collected from witnesses, statements about the crossing of passengers at the "Dobrakovo" border crossing, and several exempted video surveillance footage.
The defendants Veljko Marković, Milan Marković, Dejan Jovanović and Vladimir Erić were not heard by the state prosecutor, due to the fact that they are on the run, as evidenced by the official notes of the Podgorica OB Police Administration, as well as the search for them.
From the evidence and data collected so far, it indisputably follows that the defendants and other persons unknown for the time being are reasonably suspected of having committed criminal acts, as presented in the enacting terms of the order, which is also confirmed by the collected documentation, and a large number of traces that have been recovered from several locations , during the investigation, it is stated in the explanation of the state prosecutor Marko Mugoša in the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica.
The burglary of the court depot was noticed on September 11, when the authorities first determined that someone had "just" rummaged through the evidence. However, while the investigation in the general depot and the cursory list of evidence in the most important cases was still ongoing, it was discovered that the thieves entered the depot through an underground passage from Njegoševa Street number 12...
The first major clue in the case, the van used by the suspects, was found by the police on September 13.
A day later, they also found an apartment in the Podgorica neighborhood of Zabjelo, where their base was allegedly located.
In the investigation so far, which is managed by the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica, hundreds of hours of footage from surveillance cameras were seized, the tools used by the diggers were found, and the traces of the suspects were also isolated through expert examination...
It has also been established who are the contractors for the digging of the 30-meter long tunnel to the court depot.
Operational data from the police indicate that the leaders of the Kavac criminal clan organized the digging of the underground tunnel, and inspectors are still determining what their main goal was.
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