The Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT) has, after completing the investigation, submitted an indictment to the Special Department of the High Court in Podgorica against Kristijan Drešaj, Novak Joksimović, Rajko Smolović, as well as A.Š. and DK, charging them with being part of the criminal group dismantled in the "General" operation, which is responsible for smuggling two and a half tons of cocaine.
According to the SDT, this criminal group was formed by Vaso Ulić, Radoje Zvicer and Slobodan Kašćelan.
"The subject of the indictment is the activities of a criminal organization organized at the beginning of 2020 by VU, RZ and SK, whose members became NU, LD, VD, VP, ID, DM, VV, DP, RD, MB, RB, MB, VL, PM, RP, MP and VMČ, the defendants KD, A.Š, NJ, DK and RS - and currently unidentified persons, with each member having a predetermined task and role, and in the activities of the criminal organization they used economic structures and money laundering and illegally obtained profits and which operated on an international scale, with the aim of smuggling the narcotic drug cocaine from South America to Europe and Australia, by vessels, in the amount of 1.570 kg, at the end of October 2020, which was prevented by the detection authorities of Colombia, and in the amount of 903 kg, in June 2021, which was prevented by the detection authorities of Australia," the SDT announced.
"Regarding the same events, the Special State Prosecutor's Office has already, in January of this year, filed an indictment against 20 defendants (VU, RZ, SK, NU, LD, VD, VP, ID, DM, VV, DP, RD, MB, RB, MB, VL, PM, RP, MP and VMČ) for the criminal offense of creating a criminal organization, against six defendants (VU, VP, ID, DM, VV and DP) for two criminal offenses of unauthorized production, possession and distribution of narcotic drugs, and against 11 defendants (LD, VD, MB, RB, MB, VL, PM, V.Č.M, RZ, SK and RP) for the criminal offense of unauthorized production, possession and distribution of narcotic drugs, which has been confirmed and for which the main trial is underway," the statement added.
The indictment was previously confirmed against Ulić, Zvicer, Kašćelan, Nikola Ulić, Leon Drešaj, Viktor Drešaj, Veselin Para Pavličić, Ivan Delić, Damir Mandić, Vuk Vulević, Vjekoslav Lambulić, Vukan (Vinetu) Čoković Matić, Radomir Dobriša, Petar Miranović, Dragan Pavličević, Radovan Pantović and Marinko Prelević.
They are charged with the criminal offense of unauthorized production, possession and distribution of narcotic drugs.
The subject of the indictment is the activities of a criminal organization organized in early 2020 by the accused Vaso Ulić, Radoje Zvicer and Slobodan Kašćelan, whose members included other accused and currently unidentified persons, with each member having a predetermined task and role, and in the activities of the criminal organization, they used economic structures and money laundering and illegally obtained profits, and which operated on an international scale, with the aim of smuggling the narcotic drug cocaine from South America to Europe and Australia, by vessels, in the amount of 1.570 kg, at the end of October 2020, which was prevented by the Colombian detection authorities, and in the amount of 903 kg, in June 2021, which was prevented by the Australian detection authorities, the indictment states.
The Special State Prosecutor's Office has also launched a financial investigation against all the defendants.
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