Two associates Radoja Zvicer, the fugitive leader of the Kavač clan, from Budva Ivan Delic and from Podgorica Aleksandar Keković, called Arkan, were arrested in Dubai.
Montenegrin police were searching for Delić on suspicion that he was part of a criminal organization led by a fugitive from Kotor and an arrested man from Podgorica. Vasa Street, which is responsible for smuggling at least 2,5 tons of cocaine from South America to Europe and Australia.
Keković is wanted on suspicion of being part of a police drug cartel, run by Zvicer and a fugitive with a police badge. Ljubo Milović.
The Acting Director of the Police Directorate informed the public about their deprivation of liberty yesterday. Lazar Scepanovic, who visited the United Arab Emirates from May 13 to 15 with a UP delegation.
The security institution announced that at an operational meeting between Šćepanović and the head of Interpol Dubai Police, Major By Shuaib Alhamadi, confirmed the close and intensive cooperation that the competent services of the two countries have in terms of information exchange.
"On that occasion, representatives of Interpol Dubai confirmed that they acted upon the request of the Montenegrin authorities, and that based on the red international arrest warrant issued by the Interpol Podgorica NCB and within the framework of the intensive exchange of intelligence and operational data, Interpol Dubai officers located and deprived of liberty two Montenegrin citizens, high-ranking members of the organized crime groups Aleksandar Keković and Ivan Delić, who are wanted by Montenegro for committing several criminal offenses, and that an official communication from the judicial authorities will follow regarding the same, as well as further steps in the extradition procedures. The aforementioned Delić, against whom the Special State Prosecutor's Office has filed several indictments, is wanted within the framework of the 'General' operation for drug smuggling at a transnational level," the UP announced yesterday.
They emphasize that this activity represents another concrete result of international cooperation and efficient exchange of intelligence and operational data and confirms the determination and capacities of Montenegrin security services in locating and prosecuting the most wanted members and prominent leaders of organized crime groups.
The Police Directorate explained that during Šćepanović's meeting with the Director of Dubai Police, Major General Abdullah Khalifa Al Mari discussed further improvement and strengthening of bilateral cooperation:
"With special emphasis on recognizing joint efforts in the fight against organized crime and security challenges that transcend national boundaries, and, in this context, joint actions aimed at dismantling international criminal networks were considered."
The United Arab Emirates recognized Montenegro on April 4, 2008, when diplomatic relations were established. Diplomatic relations also enable cooperation in the areas of justice and security.
The UAE is a member of Interpol and actively uses red notices to locate and provisionally arrest individuals wanted for serious crimes, such as financial fraud, corruption and organized crime...
One of the biggest Balkan drug lords was also arrested in Dubai at the beginning of the year. Edin Gačanin called Tito, a Dutch citizen originally from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
WHO IS DELIĆ?
Montenegrin investigators were searching for Delić on charges that he was part of the criminal group of Radoje Zvicer and Vaso Ulic, which was dismantled in the major international operation "General", carried out in July last year.
Ulić and Zvicer are cited as the leaders of a criminal organization accused of smuggling around 2,5 tons of cocaine, whose members include prisoners with long prison terms, such as Damir Mandić, but also members of the notorious "America" clan, active since the seventies of the last century...
In addition to Delić, Zvicer, who escaped arrest on July 17, 2024, Leon Drešaj from Tuzi and Beranac Vuk Vulević.
In security circles, Operation "General" has been labeled as one of the most important blows to the mafia, given the names on the nineteen-member list of suspects for transnational cocaine smuggling.
The SDT and the Special Police Department (SPO) worked closely with the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (EUROPOL), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) for months in this endeavor.
Delić's name has been mentioned in newspaper columns reserved for dark stories for almost two decades; he has been linked to several serious crimes, but he has not been convicted of any of them.
In the middle of last year, Vijesti announced that a few months after the murder Duško Jovanović An official note was submitted to the then Minister of the Interior stating that secret agents had visited the then inmate Vuk Vulević in the Spuž Correctional Facility several times. Dusko Golubovic i Zoran Lazovic, but also Damir Mandic, Duško Raspopović, Ivan Delic, Musa Osmanagić.
"All these visits ended in the director's office. Zeljko Jočić", it is written in an official note made on November 24, 2004 by the then security advisor of the Institute for the Execution of Criminal Sanctions and a member of the prison administration's cabinet. Vladan Pavićević.
"I would also like to remind you that in my conversation with you I identified Ivan Delić as the perpetrator of the murder, because I received this information immediately after the murder of Duško Jovanović from a police source, that on the critical night Ivan Delić was driving a car around the Faculty of Law and the Čelebić building at around 23 p.m. In this regard, I would like to ask you to take appropriate measures and inform me of the progress of the investigation so far," Pavićević wrote in an official note.
A few days later, Delić reacted to these allegations, and in the denial sent by his legal representative, it is written that he was in Velika Bitania a few days before, and on the night of Duško Jovanović's murder, and that the information that this Budva resident visited any person in ZIKS is incorrect.
He was linked to the murder of the former Federal Minister of the Interior of the FRY Pavle Bulatović in Belgrade, and parents Marije i Daria Šurine they accused him of participating in their murder in 2003.
Delić, who was in a relationship with Marija at the time, as reported by the media, denied having anything to do with the explosion and provided an alibi that he was abroad on the critical night, to which he attached his passport as proof.
He was also questioned as a witness in connection with the murder. Aleksandar Bulatović 2003 in Amsterdam.
A few years ago, the media announced that he was a member of the so-called Zemun clan. Sretko Kalinic testified that Delić was the real target in front of the Budva café-bar "Palma", when on August 11, 2008, a man from Nikšić was mistakenly killed Goran Pejović (28)
Unknown individuals attempted to kill Delić both at the pass near Trojica, above Kotor, and at Sveti Stefan.
He is a close relative of a Kragujevac resident. Ivan Šćepanović, killed on January 27, 2011 in Budva.
Šćepanović nominated for an award in the field of the fight against drugs
Acting Director of the Police Administration of Montenegro, Lazar Šćepanović, has been nominated as one of the three main competitors for a prestigious international award in the field of combating drugs, at this year's World Police Summit, held in Dubai.
This was announced yesterday by the Police Department, stating that this recognition confirms the commitment of Montenegrin security institutions and internationally recognized results in combating drug trafficking and dismantling criminal networks operating at a transnational level.
"The participation of the Montenegrin delegation in this prestigious world event, and the nomination of the Police Directorate among the three most successful countries in the fight against organized crime and drug trafficking at the transnational level, represent a clear confirmation of the efforts that the Police Directorate of Montenegro is investing in combating this global threat. This recognition further strengthens the credibility and position of the Police Directorate in global security initiatives, strengthening trust in national and international, but also unmasks attempts by a destructive internal element and actions aimed at spreading disinformation and manipulative attempts to minimize the work of the intelligence and security sector, whereby the intelligence and security sector continues with clearly defined dynamics, determination and action to dismantle the criminal network and raise the level of collective security in accordance with the highest international standards," the Police Directorate announced.
They say they are continuing their strong efforts to combat all forms of crime and protect national security interests:
"With a strong commitment to continuing intensive international cooperation and improving professional standards in the field of security."
The security institution stated that their delegation, led by Šćepanović, visited the United Arab Emirates and, at the invitation of the organizer, the director of the Dubai Police, participated in the prestigious World Police Summit, which brings together leaders of police organizations and security experts from around the world.
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