Albanian citizen MH was arrested after border police in Bar found about 15 kilograms of cut tobacco in his vehicle, while criminal charges were filed against Albanian citizen JS on suspicion of attempting to smuggle 302 diazepam tablets at the Debeli Brijeg border crossing.
This was announced today by the Police Administration (UP).
"Police officers of the Regional Border Police Center 'South', while undertaking activities to detect, prevent and suppress all forms of cross-border crime, processed two citizens of the Republic of Albania in whose possession tablets and cut tobacco were found," the statement said.
The UP added that officers from the Herceg Novi Border Police Station filed a criminal case against JS, an Albanian citizen, with the Higher State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica on suspicion of committing the criminal offense of unauthorized production, possession and distribution of narcotic drugs.
"He is suspected of attempting to smuggle 302 diazepam tablets at the Debeli Brijeg border crossing, while leaving Montenegro," the UP said.
The statement states that the mobile unit of the border police in Bar controlled a Ford passenger vehicle with Albanian license plates and driver MH, an Albanian citizen.
"A search of the vehicle found 29 packages of cut tobacco weighing approximately 15 kilograms, for which the named person did not possess the necessary documentation. The State Prosecutor at the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Bar ordered that MH be deprived of his liberty on suspicion of committing the criminal offense of illicit trafficking," the UP said.
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