Police Directorate: Around 40.000 euros seized at the Ranče Border Patrol Police Station, ODT in Pljevlja informed

The Police Directorate confirmed that it had seized the money at the Ranče border crossing, stating that the prosecutor on duty at the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Pljevlja had been informed of all activities undertaken.

According to "Vijesti", the amount is around 40 thousand euros.

"The money has been temporarily seized for further checks," the Police Directorate told "Vijesti" when asked whether it was true that 40.000 euros were seized at the Ranče border crossing yesterday and whether the purpose of the money has been determined, or whether it was for election purposes, as claimed by the European Union.

The police told "Vijesti" that as part of the continuous intensified activities to control persons and vehicles at border crossings, officers from the Police Directorate and the Customs Directorate checked two vehicles "containing five persons, Montenegrin citizens, at the Ranče border crossing, upon entering Montenegro."

"A search of their possessions found money, the amount of which did not exceed 10.000 euros for four individuals, except for one person, who had 10.035 euros and 2180 dinars," the police said.

They added that the prosecutor on duty at the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Pljevlja was informed of all the activities undertaken, and that further measures and actions were being taken on his orders, while the aforementioned money was temporarily seized for further checks.

Candidate on the European Alliance list in the elections in Nikšić, Nikola Zirojević, said today at a press conference that "as far as they know, the money was intended for the needs of Marko Kovačević's election campaign."