The wounded Darko Perović (53) refused to show identification when the police arrived at the scene late at night on April 19, and then fled, causing a traffic accident, after which he was arrested.
The Police Directorate responded to Vijesti, explaining that Perović was sanctioned for a misdemeanor.
He is one of those wounded in the incident in Podgorica for which Danilo Mandić, nephew and bodyguard of the Speaker of the Parliament Andrija Mandić, is suspected.
They reiterated that previously, at around 3.40:XNUMX a.m., citizens reported to them that near the intersection of Bulevar Ivana Crnojevića and Marka Miljanova Street, "a conflict occurred between several people, one of whom used a firearm."
"Immediately upon learning of the incident, police officers went to the scene where they found a person who refused to provide police officers with their personal documents, but instead drove away from the scene in a Škoda vehicle with Podgorica license plates, obstructing police officers in carrying out their official duties and refusing to stop at a STOP sign. The same person, while driving the aforementioned vehicle, caused a traffic accident on Novaka Miloševa Street when he hit concrete pillars, where police officers stopped him and determined that he was DP (53) from Podgorica," the Police Directorate explained.
They point out that due to an injury to his right lower leg, which was noticed by police officers, Perović was referred for medical attention to the Podgorica Clinical Center.
"On that occasion, the test determined that DP tested positive for the presence of alcohol at a concentration of 0,66 g/kg as well as psychoactive substances in his body - the narcotic drug cocaine, and that he was driving the vehicle in question under the influence of the same. After the test was performed, which determined that DP tested positive for the presence of alcohol and psychoactive substances in his body, he was deprived of his liberty by police officers of the Podgorica Security Department for several violations of the Road Traffic Safety Law and the Public Order and Peace Law, after which he was found guilty by a misdemeanor judge on April 20.04.2025, 3.450 and fined XNUMX euros," the UP explained.
Vijesti reported earlier today that the defense attorney for Danilo Mandić, suspected of wounding Darko Perović and Aris Turković, was concerned that the Police Department had not officially notified them that on the night of the alleged incident, one of the injured parties was fleeing and then causing a traffic accident.
It was also announced that it was Perović.
"This is a very strange circumstance and I would ask everyone that when information is given to the media, that the information be complete, accurate and precise," said Mandic's defense attorney, lawyer Miroje Jovanovic.
"What you were not told is that one of the persons who allegedly participated in that event, which the prosecution describes, whom they qualify as the injured party, refused to identify himself to the police, fled from an area where the police tried to identify him, two patrols searched for that vehicle on the streets of Podgorica and eventually there was a traffic accident and that person was stopped," said Jovanović.
Yesterday, after a hearing at the Podgorica Higher State Prosecutor's Office, Mandić was ordered to be detained for up to 72 hours, and his hearing with the investigating judge is ongoing.
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