The Police Directorate announced that at the Božaj border crossing, in a truck driven by E.Č. (46), from Bosnia and Herzegovina, in a specially built bunker with an electronic opening, 114 packages containing green plant matter suspected of being the narcotic drug marijuana, weighing a total of 131 kilograms, were found.
The Customs Administration previously announced that its officers had prevented an attempt to smuggle around 120 kilograms of marijuana, intended for transit through Montenegro to neighboring countries.
"During the entry of an empty refrigerated truck, a specially constructed bunker was discovered in the roof of the vehicle with packages of plant matter. The competent prosecutor was notified of the incident, and the person driving the vehicle, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was handed over to the officers of the Police Directorate for further action, who will take all measures and actions within their jurisdiction," the statement reads.
They said the seizure represented "further confirmation of the customs service's determination" in the fight against drug smuggling and organised crime.
The police announced that E.Č. was arrested on a warrant prosecutor at the Higher State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica.
The drugs were sent to the Forensic Center of the Police Directorate in Danilovgrad for expert examination.
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