Vujošević and Lalević's detention extended for another three months

The Council of the Supreme Court of Montenegro extended the detention for another three months for Igor Vujošević and Miloš Lalević, suspects of the criminal offense of creating a criminal organization and three criminal offenses of unauthorized production, possession and distribution of narcotic drugs.

"The Council of the Supreme Court of Montenegro, deciding on the proposal of the Special State Prosecutor's Office of Montenegro dated July 07, 2025, to extend the detention of the defendants IV and ML, issued a Decision to extend the detention of the defendants for another three months, namely IV until October 11, 2025, and ML until October 10, 2025. The detention of the defendants IV and ML was extended due to reasonable suspicion that they committed the criminal offense of creating a criminal organization and three criminal offenses of unauthorized production, possession and distribution of narcotic drugs. The detention of the defendants was extended due to the risk of flight," the Supreme Court statement states.

The institution said that Vujošević and Lalević were remanded in custody by a decision of the investigating judge of the Higher Court in Podgorica on April 12, 2025, and extended by a decision of the council of that court on May 9, 2025, so that according to the decision of the Supreme Court of Montenegro, Vujošević's detention may last until October 11, 2025, and Lalević's until October 10, 2025.

The Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT) announced on April 15 that according to the prosecutor's office, the Special Police Department arrested Danilovgrad residents Miloš Mikica Lalević and Igor Vujošević and filed criminal charges against them, as well as Nikšić residents Radomir Boban Baćović, Alen Kurina and Damir Frljučkić, who are on the run, and Vjekoslav Lambulić, who is in custody in another criminal case, due to the existence of grounds for suspicion that they committed the criminal offense of creating a criminal organization and 15 criminal offenses of unauthorized production, possession and distribution of narcotic drugs.

The SDT suspects that Baćović organized a criminal group a decade ago that was involved in drug trafficking internationally, and in cooperation with countries in the region, new investigations are expected into the organization of kidnappings, as well as murders.

Although Baćović has been known as one of the leaders of the Montenegrin underworld since the 1990s, he has not been prosecuted for any serious crimes in Montenegro or in the countries of the region for more than two decades.

The SDT investigation charges him with being the head of a criminal organization that committed 15 criminal offenses - unauthorized production and distribution of narcotics.

According to Serbian media, after Jovan Vukotić was murdered in Istanbul in 2022, Baćović allegedly took over the leadership of the Škaljari criminal clan from Belgrade with Luka Bojović.

On the orders of the SDT, officers of the Special Police Department arrested Danilov residents Lalević and Vujošević, who are suspected of being part of Baćović's criminal group, which was involved in drug smuggling.

The SPO criminal complaint also includes Alen Kurina from Subotica, whom the media calls the head of the "Vojvodina clan", Damir Frljučkić from Podgorica, and Vjekoslav Vjeko Lambulić, who has been in custody in Skopje since October 2023, on suspicion of organizing cocaine smuggling with Radovan Perović from Budva and Mile Ojdanić from Tivćan.

Lambulić is also included in the SDT indictment in the “General” case.