A fugitive cop Ljubo Milović he said that he had the Montenegrin and Bosnia-Herzegovina borders under control and that he only needed a company that would serve as a cover for cigarette smuggling.
That's what he wrote to Trebinjec on the Sky application Radomir Raš Ninković, after they are now detained by the agent Petar Lazovic networked in a group chat.
On that protected phone application, Milović most often functioned under the pseudonym Oficir, and Ninković with the nickname Toti.
"Toti, the officer is my brother... Officer, I already told you, Toti is our friend, we can do everything with him", he states while introducing them on February 2, 2020.
Milović replies that he will call later, which he does, so he turns to Ninković:
"Toti, Junior (Petar Lazović) told me about you, he says that you have various possibilities in Bosnia when it comes to cigarettes, so let's see if we can work something out, to exchange information."
"Just make a suggestion, I can tell you right away what can and can't be done... I'm in favor of doing it if it can be realized," replied the interlocutor from Trebinje.
Milović answers that they have "Manchester" cigarettes in stock, and then explains the plan for importing them into Bosnia and Herzegovina.
"We have Manchester at our disposal and we could import it into Bosnia and Herzegovina under a disguise, sneak it to Ilina brdo on the Montenegrin side and on your side... Do you have a company from Bosnia that would order white goods or auto parts... I would had a transport company and a driver. And I have both our and Bosnian customs under control... We could send 500-1.000 cartons a week to Bosnia", writes the police officer at the time.
Ninković replies that such a method of smuggling is very risky:
"It's very messed up here, because the controls are carried out by those from the Indirect Tax Administration (ITA), they inspect the goods at the terminal if anything is suspicious".
"How will they inspect the goods if we unload the cigars earlier, if it's a good company then they won't! So the hill is not dying for us:))), says Milović.
Trebinjac tells him that he has his own people who work at the ITA, but that he does not have a company that would agree.
"The goods from the crossing go to the terminal for inspection and customs clearance, and then they are inspected," says Ninković.
Milović asks him if there is anyone at the terminal that he "can turn a blind eye to".
"I have, but I have to talk to them about how much they would ask for... Because I give them even now, they are just too hungry, they never have enough".
Milović tells him to take a look, because it's the best option, or in fact the only right one.
"The only right... The rest is chopping. We will finish the CG exit from the Port, the border, you finish the terminal".
Niković says he agrees: "To wash the papers... Tomorrow I will sit down with this boss and talk"...
The former employee of the Montenegrin UP then states: "We currently have 1.000 cartons available per week, if everything goes according to plan, we can leave it in Montenegro or export it under the guise, I'm not sure about transit"...
Then Petar Lazović joins the conversation, who calls Ninković to visit them in Montenegro, since "we are not really going out", in order to agree all the details. This one, however, says to sit down with his man first and see if he is up for the job...
"Let me sit down with him tomorrow to see if they are in favor of that combination at all," he says.
"If it's not for that, then let's look at traditional methods to transfer, of course if it's for you... The price dictates everything. Of course. But since we are directly at the source, without intermediaries, I hope we can do the work to our mutual satisfaction"...
Lazović says that Ninković used to pay 600 each for the same cigarettes here and that now it's time for him to take them.
"I'll call you tomorrow, while I'm seeing them, he just left for Bosnia by train, so I'll call you tomorrow afternoon, God willing... Now I've driven 240. Bosnia gets full quickly... HR (Croatia) is the right market"...
He repeats that every newly opened company is inspected in detail and that everything is suspicious if it is not a standard product that the company deals with.
"Well, standard goods are imported, and some of them are disguised as cigarettes... If you have the opportunity to find a company and a customs officer... This is nothing new from what people do," says Milović.
Ninković replies that he is for everyone, but that the problem is that there are no people...
"I'm perfectly prepared, I drive goods 400 kilometers without anything, I've only had a full truck for eighteen years and I've never had a problem, it's all well-established, but as soon as something goes over the paper, they immediately panic and there's nothing to do... What it can be black, that's the best and easiest"...
Petar Lazović was arrested in July 2022, and is charged in several cases of the Special State Prosecutor's Office under the charge of subordinating the civil service to the Kavačac clan...
The same applies to Milović, who has been inaccessible to state authorities for years.
Package 580 in PG, at the limit of 600
Does this Manchester black suit you, Milović asks Ninković and asks him to let him know where it would be best to deliver it.
"If it fits, where does it fit?" At what price and where suits you... Give me options, then let's talk".
Lazović tells Ninković that so far he is taking it at the price of old 580 - 600, and the latter replies:
"Currently there are 600 at the border, mother, I will show you the messages they offer".
To the repeated question - what price suits him, he says: "I take 500, I get 620, and someone comes and takes 20 for 600 and disrupts the market... It is not realistic that someone who takes 500 a week and someone who takes 20 packages, but that's how it's been here for the last ten years".
Milović promises that he will make the price so that everyone is satisfied.
"Right now they're giving Manchester 600 at the border and anything over that is too much for me to pay."
Upon new insistence, he says what suits him: "It doesn't suit Grah's brother, only Petrovići and Banjani." Manchester 580 PG or 600 boundaries”…
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