Officers of the Special Police Department (SPO) arrested, on the orders of the Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT), the long-time, former executive director of "Rokšped" Prokopije Perić.
In this morning's action, Podgorica resident Dejan Milić was also deprived of his freedom.
Radoje Dakić, Mileta Simanić and Adnan Suković were also arrested.
Simanić was also arrested last year in an operation against the Grand team, whose organizer was identified as Aleksandar Mijajlović.
This morning, on the orders of the SDT, SPO officers entered the villa complex of the Stanaj family, owners of the company "Rokšped", at the Old Airport in Podgorica, "Vijesti" has learned.
As part of that operation, several people were arrested for creating a criminal organization and smuggling cigarettes.
A search is underway for several typical villas owned by Stanaj.
As part of this operation, searches are underway at several locations in Montenegro due to the creation of a criminal organization and cigarette smuggling.
Since the end of December last year, the SDT and SPO have arrested dozens of people in several separate cases, including the owners of large Montenegrin companies "Tehnomaks" and "Agrarija", on suspicion that for years they were one of the most important links in the cigarette smuggling chain from the Port of Bar.
Ivan Turčinović surrenders, Predrag Madžgalj arrested
During the afternoon, Ivan Turčinović, a resident of Podgorica, surrendered to the Special Police Department. He is under investigation by the Special State Prosecutor's Office for being part of a criminal group involved in cigarette smuggling.
He was not at home this morning when SPO officers searched his apartment, but he returned from a business trip abroad in the afternoon and reported it to the police.
During the afternoon, the SPO also arrested Predrag Madžgalj, the owner of the company "MP Šped Trans", which deals with road freight transport.
Four years ago, 585 cartons of smuggled cigarettes were seized in a truck belonging to Madžagal's company in Sarajevo.
BiH customs authorities then announced that the smuggled tobacco products were intended for the "black" market of the European Union.
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