Businessman Ranko Ubović was arrested this morning on the orders of the Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT).
According to unofficial information from "Vijesti", Ubović is charged with committing the criminal offense of money laundering.
Members of the SPO arrested Ubović in front of the First Bank in the City Quarter.
Eyewitnesses said that the police "huddled" members of Ubović's security on the sidewalk in front of the bank.
On the orders of the SDT, the former owner and current member of the Board of Directors of the company "Bemax", Veselin Kovačević, was also arrested.
The Special State Prosecutor's Office statement states that the Special Police Department arrested Ubović and Kovačević due to suspicion that they committed multiple criminal offenses of money laundering:
"And it continues to carry out urgent evidentiary actions in Podgorica, at the order of special prosecutors and in accordance with the decisions of the competent court, with the aim of collecting evidence and traces of criminal offenses. The suspects will be taken for questioning to the Special State Prosecutor's Office within the legal deadline, and after their questioning and the completion of the evidentiary actions being taken, the public will be informed about the initiated procedure," the SDT announced.
Ubović's defense attorney, lawyer Zoran Piperović, told "Vijesti" that he went to the premises of the Special Police Department, but was told to wait for a call from the Special State Prosecutor's Office.
"I was in the SPO, I was told that I would receive a summons from the Special State Prosecutor's Office, but I don't know how or why. I know that Veselin Kovačević was also detained an hour before him," Piperović said.
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