Budva police arrested Turkish citizen AK (37) after he fled from a traffic patrol in a vehicle and offered the police officers a 150 euro bribe, the Police Directorate (UP) announced today.
"On April 22.4.2025, XNUMX, at around three o'clock after midnight, on the Adriatic Road, traffic police officers attempted to stop a passenger vehicle with Bar license plates, which was moving from the direction of Bečići towards Kotor. The driver, however, did not stop at a clear STOP sign issued by police officers, but continued driving the vehicle. Police officers immediately pursued the vehicle using light and sound signals, after which a police patrol caught up with it near Vidikovac, stopped it and proceeded to control it," the statement said.
The UP added that during the control, the person was identified as AK, a Turkish citizen, after which it was determined that he was driving without a valid driver's and registration license.
"On that occasion, the same person refused to undergo testing for the presence of psychoactive substances in his body. Also, in order to avoid further control, that is, to prevent police officers from carrying out the official test for the presence of narcotics on AK, the named person offered the police officers money in the amount of 150 euros," the statement reads.
The UP stated that AK was then arrested for committing violations under the Road Traffic Safety Act, and that the competent misdemeanor judge imposed a fine of 2.000 euros on him.
"Taking further measures and actions within their jurisdiction, police officers from the Budva Security Department informed the state prosecutor at the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Kotor about the incident in question, on whose order AK was deprived of liberty on suspicion of having committed the criminal offense of bribery. He was taken to the acting prosecutor for further jurisdiction, who ordered his detention for up to 72 hours, along with a criminal report, within the legal deadline," the UP statement reads.
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