In a police operation last night in Rožaje, two persons of operational interest were arrested, suspected of smuggling - Enes Kajević (48) and Rizo Murić (41), and the police are searching for Rahim Kajević (34) due to the attack on the police officers who were conducting the operation.
During the operation, officers from the Border Police Sector and the Regional Security Center "North" were attacked by members of Enes Kajević's family, and Murić threatened the police with an axe.
The prosecutor stated that the police are not arresting Lejla Kajević (18), daughter of Enes Kajević, who damaged a police vehicle and then blocked the access road with her car, with the intention of preventing the arrival of the fire department, all so that they could not extinguish the fire that they had set on their vehicle used for smuggling during the operation, but rather file criminal charges against her.
The Police Directorate announced that officers of the Border Police Sector and the Regional Security Center "North", undertaking activities aimed at combating cross-border crime and the sale of excise goods on the gray market, in last night's action in Rožaje, deprived two persons of operational interest of their liberty and filed six criminal charges against six persons for multiple criminal offenses.
"Conducting intensive operational activities in the field, police officers of the Regional Border Police Center 'North' - Border Police Station Rožaje, yesterday at around 15:30 p.m., in the town of Stupa, spotted an Opel Monterey off-road vehicle without license plates, which did not stop upon the officer's order but instead moved away at high speed in the direction of Jablanica. Through operational work in the field, police officers located the aforementioned vehicle at around 17.30:48 p.m. in the town of Bać, near the house of EK (XNUMX), a person of operational interest. Police officers found the aforementioned vehicle hidden near an auxiliary building of EK's family house, after which they blocked it," the police said.
They explained that while taking official actions in relation to the found vehicle, Enes Kajević arrived at the scene with several other people who are relatives or friends of him.
"At that moment, the person of operational interest RM (41) sets fire to the aforementioned off-road vehicle, after which there is a verbal and physical attack on two acting police officers and active resistance from a total of six people, during which RM is holding a cold weapon - an axe. One of these people, LK (18), damages an official police vehicle and then blocks the access road with his vehicle, with the intention of preventing the arrival of the fire department."
They point out that officers from the Regional Security Center "North" - Rožaje Security Department and, as an aid, officers from the Border Police Sector soon arrived at the scene and were made available, after which these persons were placed under control and taken to the official premises of the Rožaje Security Department for criminal processing.
"An on-site investigation was conducted in coordination with the acting prosecutor, during which over 1600 packs of cigarettes of various brands were found in the off-road vehicle, which were not completely burned, while the majority of the cigarettes were destroyed in a fire that is suspected of being the subject of the criminal offense of smuggling of excise goods. After conducting a criminal investigation of the scene and the participants in the event, the acting prosecutor at the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Rožaje was informed of the facts, upon whose order EK and RM were deprived of liberty on suspicion of having committed the criminal offense of smuggling in conjunction with the criminal offense of assault on an official in the performance of official duty. A criminal complaint was filed against LK (18), the daughter of EK, on suspicion of having committed the criminal offense of assault on an official in the performance of official duty in an attempt, in conjunction with the criminal offense of destruction and damage to another's property."
The Police Directorate explains that criminal charges have also been filed against Kajević's minor daughter. EK aged 16 on suspicion of committing the criminal offence of assault on an official in the performance of official duty.
"Also, a criminal complaint has been filed against the minor son EK 15 years old on suspicion of committing the criminal offense of assault on an official in the performance of official duty in an attempt. On suspicion of committing the criminal offense of assault on an official in the performance of official duty, criminal charges were filed against the person R.K. (34), who is being intensively sought by the police."
The security institution announced that its officers continue with unabated intensity their activities aimed at combating cross-border crime, dismantling smuggling networks, the activities of persons of operational interest, members of organized crime groups and persons associated with them:
"Whose activities in previous years were not sufficiently investigated, but were instead infiltrated as lucrative businesses in the border area, where they were provided with logistics and participated in by certain police officers."
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