For the car Andrija Ivanovic a tracking device was secretly placed, which led the killers to him and Stefana Belade when they were liquidated on September 24th in the village of Ugnja, near Cetinje.
The prosecution's files state that the so-called "tracker" acquired Predrag Mirotic, so far the only suspect in aiding and abetting the crime.
"The defendant committed the criminal offense in question by acquiring a GPS tracking device... and activating it on September 16, 2025, by inserting a card with the phone number 068 into it, which he used in his mobile device from August 31, 2025 to September 16, 2025... into which he then inserted a SIM card with the phone number 06 and sent a message from it to the phone number 068, which was in the marked device at that moment, in order to test and activate it, after which the GPS device in question was secretly placed on the "Citroen C4"... used by the late Ivanović Andrija, in which way, as is reasonably suspected, this defendant created the conditions for the direct perpetrators to commit the criminal offense in question, because in this way they monitored the movements of the injured parties in order to deprive them of their lives in the most convenient way, which, according to reasonable suspicion, they and committed on September 24, 2025 at around 2:40 p.m.," the judges of the Court of Appeal quoted details from the investigation in the decision to extend Mirotic's detention.
It is stated that after the completion of the on-site investigation, the "Citroen" was transferred to the Forensic Center in Danilovgrad, where a forensic examination was carried out:
"On that occasion, a plastic device with the inscription "TKS" was found under the rear bumper, for which an IT expert examination revealed that the said object was a GPS tracker (tracking device), black in color, without serial numbers, and that inside the GPS device was an S card provider..., with serial number 8 and area code + 382."
It says that after seizing that device, Police Directorate officers acted on orders from the Higher Court in Podgorica and obtained communications listings for that phone number from all mobile operators in Montenegro.
“Analysis of the listing for the aforementioned S card and number gives rise to a reasonable suspicion that it was used in the mobile device with the IMEI number 'samsung galaxy ZF 7' which was seized from the defendant (Predrag Mirotić) on 03.10.2025.... Furthermore, as stated by the first instance court, it follows that in (that) mobile device... it was used continuously from 31.08.2025. to 16.09.2025. until 12:56:43h, and in the GPS device... in the period from 16.09.2025. from 13:02:46 until 30.09.2025., and that on 16.09.2025, from the number 068... which was used in the mobile device... it was sent to the telephone number... which was in the marked GPS device at that moment, in order to test and activate it in that way, which enables GPS to track".
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It states that the evidence in the case files gives rise to a reasonable suspicion that the defendant committed the crime of aggravated murder by aiding and abetting, which is a prerequisite for ordering or extending detention...
"While the fact whether the defendant actually committed the criminal offense he is charged with will be determined in the further course of the criminal proceedings."
Therefore, they claim, the defendant's defense attorney's appeal unfoundedly challenges the first-instance court's conclusion that there is reasonable suspicion that the defendant committed a criminal offense, because "the court at this stage of the proceedings, when deciding only on the appeal against the decision to extend detention, evaluates the evidence to the level of reasonable suspicion, taking into account the presumption of innocence."
"The contested decision established and sufficiently explained the existence of reasonable suspicion, as a material and legal basis for the extension of detention (given the fact that the investigation during the previous period of detention could not be completed for objective reasons), and a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the evidence on which the reasonable suspicion is based will be the subject of further proceedings, including adversarial court proceedings if they occur. Therefore, in the opinion of this court, the facts and circumstances arising from the evidence contained in the case files would satisfy an independent observer with regard to the possibility that the defendant is reasonably suspected of having committed the criminal offense with which he is charged," the decision adds.
Wounding before double murder
Just three weeks before the double murder, on the Cetinje-Budva highway, in the town of Brajići, unknown assailants shot from one motorcycle at another motorcycle carrying Stefan Belada and Tamara Stanojević (24).
Tamara was seriously wounded in that attack, while, according to police and unofficial information, the target was Belada, identified as a member of the Cetinje cell of the Skaljar clan.
After the shooting, the attackers fled on a motorcycle towards Budva; police later arrested Ivan Cvijović (40), a resident of Budva, on suspicion of attempted aggravated murder by aiding and abetting, while the search for the direct perpetrators is still ongoing.
After the liquidation in Ugnji, police found a burned motorcycle in Budva and were checking whether it was used in the double murder...
The Police Department subsequently announced that a suspect had been arrested for aiding and abetting the murder of Belada and Ivanovic, but without providing his identity due to the interests of the investigation.
A few days later, it was announced that the police and prosecutor's office had identified another person as a suspected accomplice, who was being intensively searched for.
This statement also emphasizes that it is about the murder of alleged members of the Cetinje cell of the Škalja clan.
Minister of Interior Danilo Šaranović stated, regarding the murders of Belada and Ivanovic, that "the security sector has not failed," stating that the level of disclosure of such acts is above 97 percent and that there are fewer criminal group settlements than before 2020.
Šaranović confirmed that Belada and Ivanovic are members of the Škalja clan, and pointed out that this is a case of luring victims by a rival criminal group, in the context of the continuing showdown between organized clans in Montenegro and the region.
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