Officers of the Regional Security Center "North" announced that they continued to conduct intensified activities to raise the level of security, control persons of operational interest, sanction criminal offenses and misdemeanors, and on that occasion seized seven vehicles, controlled 22 persons of operational interest, filed criminal charges for drug-related crimes, and arrested several people.
Police officers in Berane conducted a check of a vehicle with Podgorica license plates, driven by LS (22) from Berane, while the passenger was NJ (28) from Podgorica.
"During a search of the person and vehicle, a PVC package of marijuana was found on LS, while cocaine was found on NJ. Upon further inspection of the vehicle, a handmade cigarette, a so-called joint, containing marijuana was also found," the police said.
Also, testing determined that LS was driving under the influence of marijuana and cocaine, after which he was arrested for committing a violation of the Road Traffic Safety Act.
After collecting information, LS and NJ informed the state prosecutor at the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Berane about the incident, and on his order, criminal charges were filed against LS and NJ on suspicion of having committed the criminal offense of facilitating the consumption of narcotic drugs.
Police in the north seized six passenger motor vehicles, four of which belonged to a person of operational interest.
"On this occasion, VT (47) from Berane, a person of operational interest, a multiple repeat offender, was checked, who was driving a vehicle under the influence of marijuana and benzodiazepines, after which he was arrested while the vehicle with Pljevlja license plates was seized for further checks," the police said.
The passenger vehicles of operationally interesting persons VM(37), MM(47) and GR(54) IM(62) were temporarily seized for appropriate legal checks.
"Over 400 persons were controlled in coordinated regional operational actions, of which 22 are of operational interest, and a national warrant was issued to locate and arrest MM from Rožaje, who was wanted by order of the court in Berane, in order to serve a six-month prison sentence for the criminal offense of obstructing an official in the performance of an official duty," the police announced.
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