Police Administration: On the day of Lješković's murder, the PTJ was not engaged in Cetinje

On the day of Vasko Lješković's murder, September 27, the special police unit - PTJ, was not engaged in the Cetinje Capital.

This was announced today by the Police Administration.

They add that a group of members of the Special Police Unit - PJP, was engaged that day in assisting the Cetinje Security Department, with the engagement planned a month in advance, at the end of August for the entire month of September.

The Police Administration spoke out after the leader of the URA Citizen's Movement Dritan Abazović said last night that about an hour and a half before the murder of a high-ranking member of the Škaljar clan Vasko Lješković from Cetinje, the Special Police Unit was withdrawn.

Lješković was killed on September 27, and the Police Administration announced that on that day, around 15:25 p.m., the duty service of the Cetinje Security Department was notified "that a person suspected of being unconscious was found in the yard of a house in that city."

"The context in which Mr. Abazović communicated certain information suggests that someone deliberately withdrew special police units immediately before the murder that took place in Cetinje on September 27, as a result of the crackdown on organized criminal groups. We reject this context with indignation, preserving and protecting the integrity of of the Special Purpose Police Sector, as well as the Police Directorate as a whole and every individual in it. Namely, after the murder that happened in Cetinje on June 20, 2024, with the aim of intensifying action against organized criminal groups, the Sector's units were engaged in the area of ​​Cetinje of the special purpose police - the Anti-Terrorist Unit (PTJ) and the Special Police Unit (PJP), it is stated in the reaction of the Police Administration.

Those units, as they add, carried out planning activities daily in coordination with the Crime Fighting Sector (SBKP), the Regional Center "Centar" and the Cetinje Security Department. The anti-terrorist unit - PTJ, in accordance with previously planned activities and strategically important international trainings that were conducted in September, was not engaged during that period in assisting the Cetinje Security Department.

"Therefore, on the specified day, the special police unit - PTJ, was not engaged in the Capital of Cetinje. In accordance with the previously determined engagement plan, a group of members of the Special Police Unit - PJP, was engaged in tasks to assist the Cetinje Security Department, with the planned engagement one month in advance and at the end of August for the entire month of September. The fact that MP Abazović, as a former prime minister, should be well aware of the way of engagement of the PJP, and of planning its engagement one month in advance according to the security assessment, does not give him the right to attribute to anyone in the chain of command the suspicion that someone intentionally pulled the PJP in order to commit murder".

In response, the Police Administration states that "such a context from the former president of the National Security Council is harmful and dangerous for the security system."

"Criminal acts of murder, by the effect of a long-range weapon against a person who was in private possession, not only in our country, but also in systems with much stronger security structures are very challenging for the state and the system. We have prevented many, but you will agree that there is no such country that can prevent any criminal act. Making such baseless claims and accusations, from someone who was at the head of the National Security Council and at the head of the BOK, especially considering the importance of all the reforms and improvements that were implemented in both units of the Special Police Sector purpose (SPPN), and the importance and contribution of these units to the security sector in the selfless fight against the OKG and the protection of citizens' safety in the last period, can be interpreted as the intention of directly or indirectly damaging the reputation and credibility of these units, and those who lead them," it is written in reacting.