The four arrested in the "Tunnel" operation were sent to the Investigation Prison in Spuž. Such a decision was made by the investigating judge of the Basic Court in Podgorica, who accepted the proposal of the Basic State Prosecutor's Office - to order them into custody for up to 30 days.
Katarina Baćović, Marijan Vuljaj, Ivica Piperović and Nikola Milačić were taken behind the walls of Spuška.
One of Piperović's legal representatives, lawyer Stefan Jovanović, confirmed to Vijesti that the judge ordered detention for all four.
"As for the defendant represented by me and my colleague Zoran Piperović, the judge refused to order him into custody due to the risk of flight and the risk of repeating the criminal offense, for the simple reason that no circumstance was cited that would indicate the risk of flight and the risk of repeating the crime of a criminal offense, since Ivica Piperović has never been convicted before. Detention was ordered according to the pretrial detention grounds, which refer to the danger of destruction of the evidence of the criminal offense, i.e. possible influence on the accomplices, and in that part the defense will file an appeal, for the simple reason that it is a well-known fact that the census commission of the High Court in Podgorica has not yet completed the list of items that are in the High Court's depot, in order to determine what is missing, so the logical question is how Ivica Piperović can know what he should destroy," he said. is Jovanovic.
He also said that the prosecution did not specify what his client and Piperović's client did to help the perpetrators of the crime who were digging the tunnel under the High Court: "Given the dimensions of my client, he could not have passed through the tunnel, and the tunnel is concreted and we will not only the name of the criminal offense was mentioned, and it was not specified what kind of helping action he allegedly took - did he help, hold the light, sneak through the tunnel, take out weapons... They didn't specify, because Katarina Baćović didn't even know how to explain what he was doing, she only mentioned him indirectly," said Jovanović.
Lawyer Jovanović reiterated that the search of Ivica Piperović's house, as well as the property and ancillary facilities, did not find anything that could connect him with the items stolen from the depot of the High Court in Podgorica.
"On the other hand, the prosecution alleges that the accomplices are unknown persons, so there is a reasonable question as to how it is possible to influence unknown persons, since he himself stated that he does not know anyone except NIkola Milačić, who is his brother-in-law." Jovanovic said.
"There is a danger that they would destroy or hide the missing weapons while at large"
The basic court in Podgorica announced that the suspects KB, IP and NM were ordered into custody due to reasonable suspicion that they had committed the criminal offense of criminal conspiracy in conjunction with the criminal offenses of aggravated theft by aiding and abetting and preventing evidence by aiding and abetting, and in relation to the suspects KB and NM and due to reasonable suspicion that they have committed the criminal offense of document forgery, and the suspect MV and the criminal offense of assisting the perpetrator after the crime has been committed.
"Regarding the suspect KB, detention was ordered due to the existence of concrete circumstances that indicate that the suspect will flee if she defends herself from freedom in the further course of the proceedings, since in the period of time since the public was informed through the media that there had been the commission of the criminal acts in question sought and received help from the suspect MV for hiding and hiding," said the judge's spokesperson Ivana Becić.
The investigating judge, as stated, appreciated the fact that in the course of the investigation so far no object was found whose disappearance was established by the minutes of the High Court in Podgorica, so according to his assessment, at this moment there is a danger that the suspects IP and NM, if they remain at freedom, could destroy or hide weapons that disappeared from the depot of the High Court in Podgorica, "that is, that the suspect KB could influence the witnesses whose identity she did not want to reveal, and the suspects NM and IP on the accomplices who are still at large, from for what reasons detention was ordered and on that detention basis".
"As far as the suspect MV is concerned, since he is a person who has been convicted several times before, for a wide variety of criminal offenses, this circumstance, in the opinion of the investigating judge, clearly indicates that this suspect, if he remains at large, will repeat the criminal crime, which is why he was ordered to be detained on that basis," the statement said.
In relation to the suspect KB, the proposal to order custody was rejected due to the danger of repeating the crime, because it is a person who has not been convicted before, "so there is no circumstance that indicates that she could repeat the crime".
"Also, the proposal to detain the suspect IP on the basis of detention due to the risk of escape, since this is a person who is strongly connected to Montenegro, where his family lives and where he has a permanent job, was also rejected, as well as on the basis of detention due to the danger of repeating the crime, because it is also about a person who has not been convicted before. In relation to the suspect NM, the proposal to order custody was rejected because of the danger of repeating the crime, even though it is about a person who has been convicted before, but for a criminal offense against security of public traffic committed ten years ago, which means that it is not a criminal offense of the same type, so this circumstance alone cannot constitute a basis for concluding that there is a danger that this suspect will repeat the criminal offense," says judge Becić.
He adds that the proposal to order the suspect MV into custody due to the risk of escape was also rejected: "Well, given that he has a family in Montenegro, there are no specific circumstances that indicate a risk of absconding, and in addition, given that he is charged with the only criminal offense is assisting the perpetrator after the crime has been committed, it is clear that in his case there is no danger that he could destroy, hide, alter or falsify evidence or traces of the criminal offense or that he will interfere with the proceedings by influencing witnesses, accomplices or concealers ", the announcement concludes.
Baćović was arrested on October 12 in the afternoon, in a flat in the City quarter of Podgorica.
A few hours later, the inspectors also handcuffed Vuljaj, Piperović and Milačić.
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Vuljaj told the inspectors that the break-in of the High Court depot in Podgorica and the theft of weapons from that courtroom were organized by Piperović and Milačić.
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