A twenty-two-member criminal group allegedly formed by Dragan Jeknić, Zlatibor Vrhovac, Benjamin Ljačević and Đorđije Gojačanin will be tried for creating a criminal organization and smuggling marijuana.
This was decided by the panel of the Higher Court in Podgorica, which confirmed the indictments filed by the Special State Prosecutor's Office against this criminal group.
In confirming the indictments, in addition to personal and material evidence, the panel also considered electronic evidence from the once encrypted ANOM application, which was obtained in the course of international legal assistance in criminal matters, to be legally valid.
After the indictment is confirmed, in addition to Jeknić, Vrhovac, Ljačević and Gojačanin, Dejan Pavlović, Stefan Gaćeša, Savo Španjević, Srđan Zvicer, Nora Zvicer, Almir Rastoder, Eldin Tuzović, Nikola Crnković, Aleksandra Rašović, Almir Rastoder, Ferid Ciriković, Aleksandar Brajković, Nikola Vojinović, Dragan Kojović, Marko Gutić, Vladan Zeković, Mladen Šutović and Veselin Jaćimović will also be tried.
"The Council of the High Court in Podgorica, by decision Kvso No. 17/24, dated March 25 of this year, confirmed the indictments Kt-S No. 360/22, dated June 13, 2023 and February 5 and September 2 of last year, which the Special State Prosecutor's Office filed against the accused: DP, SG, S.Š., DJ, ZV, B.Lj., Đ.G., SZ, NZ, ET, NC, AR, AR, FC, M.Š., AB, NV, VJ, DK, MG, VZ and DP, for the criminal offense of creating a criminal organization, against the accused DJ and for three criminal offenses of unauthorized production, possession and distribution of narcotic drugs, against the accused ZV and for two criminal offenses of unauthorized production, possession and distribution of narcotic drugs, against the accused B.Lj. and for the criminal offense of unauthorized production, possession and distribution of narcotic drugs, against the accused SZ and for two criminal offenses "The SDT announced that the charges against the accused AR were two criminal offenses: unauthorized production, possession and distribution of narcotic drugs, against the accused M.Š. for the criminal offense of unauthorized production, possession and distribution of narcotic drugs, and against the accused VJ for the criminal offenses of unauthorized production, possession and distribution of narcotic drugs and illegal possession of weapons and explosives."
A criminal group that smuggled marijuana across the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina came under the scrutiny of investigators after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) provided transcripts of conversations between members of that clan.
Montenegrin investigators received evidence from colleagues from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that Jeknić, Vrhovac, Ljačević and Gojačanin made a plan and assigned roles and tasks to members of their group of marijuana smugglers, and that the policeman, Dragan Kojović, was educated at the Police Academy in Belgrade. accepted that he was carrying out their orders and that, instead of fighting crime, he was using his official badge to facilitate the movement of drug smugglers from his team.
During the investigation, the inspectors obtained reports on crossing the state border and documentation for cars used to smuggle marijuana.
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