Indictment filed against Koprivica and four other suspects, SDT charges them with drug and cigarette smuggling

The indictment also includes Igor Krstović, Blažo Đurković, Nikola Vukotic and Marinko Koprivica.

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Koprivica is being taken to the Special Police Department, Photo: Luka Zeković
Koprivica is being taken to the Special Police Department, Photo: Luka Zeković
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The Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT) has filed an indictment against a criminal organization that, according to their claims, was formed by Strahinja Koprivica from Nikšić, and which they charge with drug and cigarette smuggling.

The indictment also includes Igor Krstović, Blažo Đurković, Nikola Vukotic and Marinko Koprivica.

"The Special State Prosecutor's Office has submitted an indictment against five defendants (KS, VN, Đ.B., KI and KM) to the Special Department of the High Court in Podgorica, due to the existence of reasonable suspicion that the defendants KS, VN, Đ.B. and KM committed the criminal offense of creating a criminal organization, KS, VN, Đ.B. and KI the criminal offense of unauthorized production, possession and distribution of narcotic drugs, KS and KM two criminal offenses of smuggling, and KS and two criminal offenses of illicit trade," the prosecutor's office announced.

They explained that the subject of the indictment is the activities of a criminal organization organized by the defendant Strahinja Koprivica in early 2019.

"And which operated on the territory of Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, until April 2021, whose members included the defendants VN, Đ.B., KM and other unknown persons, for the purpose of committing the criminal offenses of smuggling, unauthorized production, possession and distribution of narcotic drugs and illicit trade, for the purpose of acquiring illegal profit and power."

The statement added that the indictment proposed that the defendants KS, KM and VN be remanded in custody after the indictment was filed.

A financial investigation is also ongoing.

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