Police arrested EM (31), while searching for her husband EM (37), on suspicion of having smuggled a Croatian citizen who was banned from entering the country across the state border, the Police Directorate announced.
It is stated that officers of the Rožaje Security Department, in cooperation with the mobile unit of the Border Police Sector and with the strong support of officers of the Regional Security Center North, filed criminal charges against a married couple from Rožaje in a coordinated and targeted action.
It is added that criminal charges were filed against the couple on suspicion of committing the criminal offense of illegal border crossing and human smuggling.
The police said that a criminal complaint was also filed against a person of international operational interest, PK (53), on suspicion of committing the criminal offense of money laundering.
As suspected, EM (31) and EM (37), with the aim of acquiring unlawful property and other benefits, organized and facilitated the illegal transfer of PK across the state border outside the border crossing, even though he had been banned from entering Montenegro.
The police stated that PK is a multiple repeat offender in the commission of serious crimes in the areas of blood feuds, drugs and economic crime.
"As part of the operation, police officers found EM (31) and PK from Croatia, who uses the name NO, in a vehicle in the immediate vicinity of the state border, on the territory of Montenegro, which prevented further commission of the criminal offense and the illegal movement of that person," the statement says.
It is alleged that in this way EM (31) attempted to illegally transfer PK to Montenegro, while her husband EM (37) also participated in the planning and execution.
"EM (31) and PK have been arrested, while an intensive search is underway for EM (37)," the statement said.
As it is added, PK is suspected of the criminal offense of money laundering, which he committed by crossing the state border outside the border crossing and with the help of a married couple from Rožaje, while in possession of 11.785 EUR and 18.170 dinars, for which he has no proof of origin, and which is suspected to have been acquired through criminal activity.
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