Defendant Aleksandar Keković, presenting his defense at the Higher Court in Podgorica, in the continuation of the trial of former mayor of Budva Milo Božović, Petar Lazović, Ljubo Milović and other defendants for creating a criminal organization and cocaine smuggling, said that the accusation against him was a fabrication by the Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT), the Special Police Department (SPO), Predrag Šuković and Lazar Šćepanović.
Defendant Keković stated in his defense that he lived and worked normally in the UAE until the acting Police Directorate Lazar Šćepanović arrived there. After that, he was arrested and is being labeled as a threat to security in Dubai.
"I am not a member of any criminal organization and I have not been on the run. I only know Vukas Radonjić from the indictment. As a prosecutor at the Basic State Prosecutor's Office, he exerted psychological pressure on my then-girlfriend to give a statement against me. I believe that all of this is a setup by the SDT and SPO led by Predrag Šuković and Lazar Šćepanović," said Keković.
In addition to him, the defense was given by the accused Miloš Mišurović and Vladimir Bajčeta, who denied the allegations in the indictment, denied guilt and the commission of the criminal offense. Vladimir Bajčeta denied the allegations in the indictment and complained that he had been in custody for two years and eight months.
"This indefinite detention order, where detention has become a punishment, has led to a denial of justice, and any delayed justice is an injustice. This indictment is a classic construction by the SDT. The SDT has no material evidence or encrypted phone against me. The authenticity of Sky has not even been established," the accused Bajčeta stated.
He added that the SDT is charging him with drug trafficking, but that the charges were not specified, nor were the specific time periods during which the incriminating acts were committed.
"The SDT claims that I smuggled cocaine from Ecuador to Europe. During that transport, I was on the territory of Montenegro. It does not state where and from whom I obtained the drugs, how much I paid for it, nor does it state what quantities of cocaine I own. The SDT does not state the address and time, and from whom he apparently rented an apartment in the Netherlands," said Bajčeta. What hurts him the most is that his brother's property has been frozen.
"All this does not prevent the SDT from blocking my property, which has been determined to be legal and my family's property, and the house my father built when I was a child and the apartment my brother bought on credit. I feel the most pain for my brother. Because that was the initial trigger for my brother to suddenly fall ill and, thanks to the SDT, to be on disability pension. Is this right and justice and the humane treatment of special prosecutor Jovan Vukotić towards my family," Bajčeta warned. He then proposed that the court reject the sky as legally invalid evidence. Defendant Miloš Mišurović also denied the allegations in the indictment.
"I left Montenegro freely in 2023, when I left for Bosnia and Herzegovina. During my stay there, I learned from the media and my family that the SDT had initiated proceedings against me. My family hired lawyers. I was told that there was no need for me to come during the investigation, only if there was a court case. When the indictment was filed, I came, I did not wait to see if it would be confirmed. Already 20 days after my surrender and indictment, a new investigation was opened and I was charged with the third criminal offense from the first indictment, and even if I was on the first indictment, that offense was not charged against me. Your Honor, I have not worked in the police for ten years. I have discharged everything, equipment, uniform, identification. A logical question arises, how could I have used and abused official authority," the accused Mišurović pointed out.
The indictment of the Special Prosecutor's Office includes Ljubo Milović, Milo Božović, Dejan Knežević, Radoje Zvicer, Ivan Stamatović, Nebojša Bugarin, Petar Lazović, Milan Popović, Miloš Mišurović, Marko Novaković, Ivan Nikolić, Goran Stojanović, Božidar Jabučanin, Aleksandar Keković, Vladimir Bajčeta, Tihomir Adžić, Filip Zindović, Darko Knežević, Ivan Mijatović and Dražen Milović.
Indictment
The indictment of the Special State Prosecutor's Office includes Ljubo Milović, Milo Božović, Dejan Knežević, Radoje Zvicer, Ivan Stamatović, Nebojša Bugarin, Petar Lazović, Milan Popović, Miloš Mišurović, Marko Novaković, Ivan Nikolić, Goran Stojanović, Božidar Jabučanin, Aleksandar Keković, Vladimir Bajčeta, Tihomir Adžić, Filip Zindović (whose last name was previously Kljajević), Darko Knežević, Ivan Mijatović and Dražen Milović.
According to earlier information from the prosecution, some of the defendants in this case are charged with multiple criminal offenses.
" Lj. M., MO, IS, NB, PL, MP, BJ, MM, AK, VB, GS, DM, FZ, IN, TA, MN, DK, MB, for the criminal offense of creating a criminal organization, against Lj. M., MO, IS, NB, PL, MP, BJ, MM, AK, VB, MN, RZ, DM, FZ, MB and IM, for the criminal offense of unauthorized production, possession and distribution of narcotic drugs - about 4 tons and 300 kg of cocaine, against Lj. M., IS, MO, BJ and MN, for the criminal offense of money laundering - about seven million euros, against MM, AK and Lj. M., for the criminal offense of causing general danger and illegal possession of weapons and explosives, against DK, for the criminal offense of disclosing classified information and against DK, for the criminal offense of abuse of official position, was committed in the period from 2019 to February 2021, in Montenegro, but also in certain countries in Europe and South America", Special State Prosecutor Vukas Radonjić announced earlier.
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