The Police Department announced that their former police officer was found guilty of domestic violence, that cocaine was found in his apartment, that it was not planted, and that he was guilty of threats made to police officers.
They spoke out regarding the case of former police officer Marko Šarović from Tivat, who was arrested in August last year.
Šarović was then arrested for domestic violence, and a search of his apartment found two packages of powdery substances.
The police announced that Šarović was found guilty in two misdemeanor and one criminal case, and they also stated that this makes his statements that one of his colleagues planted drugs on him and that he is being persecuted untrue.
"The Budva Misdemeanor Court - Kotor Department found M. Š. guilty and fined him 300 euros for committing a misdemeanor under Article 52, paragraph 1, item 6, in connection with Article 45, paragraph 1 of the Law on the Prevention of Drug Abuse, which refers to drugs found during a search in the apartment he was using on August 13, 2024. We remind you that, during a search of the apartment and other premises used by M. Š. on the said day, the police found a PVC package containing a white powdery substance, which M. Š. then claimed was planted on him and for which he filed a report against the police officers of the Tivat Security Department," the UP announced.
They add that Šarović was then deprived of his liberty.
"The seized package with the aforementioned substance was then sent for expert examination to the Forensic Center, about which we informed the public, and the expert examination determined that it was a package containing cocaine, weighing 0,9 grams, with extremely strong DNA - biological material of M.Š. In addition to the above, the Budva Minor Offense Court - Kotor Department, in a separate proceeding, found M. Š. guilty and fined him in the amount of 450 euros for committing an offense under Article 8 of the Law on Public Order and Peace to the detriment of police officers, because, on October 5, 2024, in the town of Seljanovo, he made threats to police officers of the Tivat Security Department while performing an official duty," the statement reads.
They added that Šarović no longer works for the police.
"Former police officer M. Š.'s employment at the Police Directorate was terminated by force of law, by dismissal or by decision of the Minister of Internal Affairs, because M. Š. was sentenced to one year in prison for committing the criminal offense of domestic violence or violence in a family community and he is now serving his prison sentence at the Directorate for the Execution of Criminal Sanctions," the police announced.
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