The Bijelo Polje Higher State Prosecutor's Office is investigating what happened to a kilogram of cocaine in the depot of the local High Court, which was ready for destruction, but this did not happen because preliminary analyses showed that it was not that psychoactive substance.
"Vijesti" announced yesterday that representatives of the Commission for the Implementation of the Destruction of Legally Seized Drugs at the Bijelo Polje High Court tested the drugs scheduled for destruction, when it was discovered that the substance for which two people served multi-year prison sentences, in fact, does not react to rapid drug tests...
The Bijelo Polje Higher State Prosecutor's Office said that a case has been opened in connection with this incident and that an investigation is underway.
"The State Property Administration of Montenegro submitted to this prosecutor's office a notification and minutes on the implementation of direct control of drugs scheduled for destruction at the High Court in Bijelo Polje, drawn up by the Interdepartmental Commission for the Implementation of the Destruction of Legally Seized Drugs at the High Court in Bijelo Polje, which stated certain irregularities during the control of the materials. Also, the High Court in Bijelo Polje informed this prosecutor's office about the same event. The High State Prosecutor's Office in Bijelo Polje has formed a case, and the investigation is ongoing," the institution it manages told "Vijesti". Katarina Kljajević.
The Police Directorate did not respond to "Vijesti"'s questions about whether they had been informed of the preliminary findings of the Interdepartmental Commission for the Destruction of Legally Seized Drugs and the suspicion that a kilogram of cocaine had "evaporated" from the Bijelo Polje High Court, and if so, what action they had taken so far.
Two days ago, the High Court explained to "Vijesti" that on March 23 of this year, while inspecting seized substances pursuant to final judgments for the purpose of their destruction and incineration, members of the Interdepartmental Commission for the Implementation of the Destruction of Legally Seized Drugs from the High Court in Bijelo Polje and the High Court in Podgorica conducted a direct inspection of the drugs separated for destruction in this court: "On which occasion, they noticed certain irregularities, namely irregularities in the form of the substance seized in the aforementioned case not showing the expected color during preliminary testing."
According to the court, the Commission informed them of this on March 28, 2025, when it delivered the minutes, which stated the irregularities observed.
"Due to the above, the evidentiary material from the aforementioned case has been separated and will not be destroyed, but will be notified to the competent authority in order to clarify the specific situation and definitively determine the properties of the substance seized on April 26, 4, which did not show the expected color during preliminary testing," the newspaper from the Bijelo Polje High Court, headed by Milan Smolović.
They stressed that "depending on the outcome of this procedure, the need to take further action will be considered."
"Therefore, we ask that you use the information provided to you in this announcement with caution, as these are preliminary, not final results, which you will be informed about in a timely manner by the court," the court said.
These drugs originate from the case against RM and EM, who were found guilty in 2010 of the criminal offense of criminal association and unauthorized production, possession and distribution of narcotic drugs and sentenced to eight years and eight months and seven years and eight months in prison, respectively.
Then, as the Bijelo Polje High Court said, they were ordered to permanently confiscate the substance - 1.000,40 grams of cocaine with a concentration of 79,5 percent, which was ordered to be destroyed after an expert examination upon the finality of the verdict.
"By the judgment of the Appellate Court of Montenegro, Ksž.br. 26/11 of 8 November 11, the aforementioned judgment of this court was modified in terms of the legal assessment of the offense and the decision on the sentence, and the accused were sentenced to single prison sentences, namely the accused MR for a period of 2011 years and 6 months, and the accused ME for a period of 6 years and 5 months, in which their detention is included. The convicted persons have been in detention since 6 April 26, and they began serving their sentences on 4 January 2008. The same court accepted the applications for conditional release, so the convicted RM was released on 26 May 1 and the convicted EM on 2012 April 30," the Higher Court said.
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