Former Director of the Police Administration Slavko Stojanović was sentenced to a single prison sentence of three years and eight months for cigarette smuggling and illegal possession of weapons.
The first-instance verdict was pronounced today by judge of the Higher Court in Podgorica, Igor Đuričković.
He said that Stojanovic admitted that, at the invitation of his friend, he told Enes Baković to release a truck with about 120 packs of cigarettes, but that he did not say who the friend who asked him was.
Stojanović was not present at the verdict, only his defense attorney, Miroslav Adžić, was present.
The court lifted the ban on Stojanović from leaving his apartment, but replaced it with a new measure requiring him to report to the police in Podgorica on the 1st and 15th of every month. The court imposed a ban on him from leaving Podgorica.
During the court proceedings, Stojanović pleaded guilty to the criminal offense of abuse of official position, in connection with the smuggling of cigarettes found in the truck. He said at the time that he was remorseful.
Defendant Stojanović pleaded not guilty to illegal possession of a gun.
Stojanović was charged with criminal offenses of abuse of official position and illegal possession of weapons and explosive materials. It is suspected that he damaged the state coffers by 112.504 euros by abusing his official position.
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