A hole in the roof, a bullet in the car

Although the car was hit by a gunshot on the night of January 14-15, police "assume" it was damaged during a shootout the night before;

BJ from Podgorica claims that he parked his car two nights ago without damage, and yesterday he found it with a bullet hole... The Police Directorate unofficially said that an investigation has been carried out, and that the case is under investigation...

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Bullet damaged the car, Photo: Private archive
Bullet damaged the car, Photo: Private archive
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When a Podgorica resident B. J. Yesterday, he went to work, and was met with a bullet in his car, and a hole from a shot through which the projectile passed.

The police unofficially told "Vijesti" that an investigation had been conducted and that "the case is under investigation."

Although the Podgorica resident's BMW was, as he claims, parked without any visible damage the day before yesterday evening, the Police Department unofficially said that they assumed that the vehicle was damaged during the carjacking on the evening of January 13th.

According to BJ, on January 14th, at around 10:30 p.m., he returned home from work and parked his car in the parking lot in front of the building on 4th July Street, after which he went to his apartment.

He told "Vijesti" that yesterday around 1:30 p.m., when he was leaving for work, he noticed a bullet hole in the roof of the car, in the rear part above the trunk.

"I immediately called the police and reported the incident," he said.

The projectile ended up inside the vehicle
The projectile ended up inside the vehiclephoto: Private archive

He added that he was contacted by an inspector shortly after, less than two minutes later, to whom he explained in detail what had happened. "About ten minutes later, an official vehicle arrived at the scene, and a man who introduced himself as a forensics officer conducted an on-site investigation, photographed the damage, and removed the bullet that had pierced the roof of the car and remained inside. He wrote down my personal information and said that he would contact me later. Now I am waiting for further information," BJ told "Vijesti".

This Podgorica resident appealed to citizens who own firearms to use them extremely responsibly, carefully and conscientiously.

"Instead of a car, there could have been a human in that place, and the outcome could have been tragic. Fortunately, there were no injuries in this case, but this is a serious warning of how dangerous irresponsible behavior can be," he said.

Last year, citizens returned rifles, assault rifles, pistols...

On January 10, the Police Directorate announced that over 4.170 weapons, more than 130.000 pieces of ammunition, 506 hand grenades, weapon parts and detonating devices were voluntarily returned to them during the previous year as part of the campaign "Respect Life, Return Weapons".

They stated that in the territory under the jurisdiction of the Regional Security Center "Center", in Podgorica, Danilovgrad, Cetinje and Tuzi, citizens voluntarily handed over 1.756 weapons to the police, and that in the territory under the jurisdiction of the Regional Security Center "South", in Herceg Novi, Tivat, Kotor, Budva, Bar and Ulcinj, 910 weapons were voluntarily returned.

100 kilograms of explosives, over 2.500 pieces of various weapon parts, over 7.300 pieces of weapons, and almost 195.000 pieces of ammunition were returned from 2015 to the end of 2025, the Police Directorate announced six days ago.

"In the northern region of the country, in the territory under the jurisdiction of the Regional Security Center 'North', in Bijelo Polje, Berane, Rožaje, Kolašin, Mojkovac, Plav, Gusinje, Andrijevica and Petnjica, a total of 794 weapons were voluntarily surrendered, while 719 weapons were voluntarily surrendered to police officers of the Regional Security Center 'West' in Nikšić, Žabljak, Šavnik, Pljevlja and Plužine," the UP announced.

They specified that of the total number of weapons surrendered during 2025, 136 were automatic rifles, 1.696 shotguns, and 2.347 pistols.

"The Police Directorate will continue to implement increased preventive and repressive activities as part of the current campaign, as well as in order to preserve the safety, health and lives of all citizens, and at the same time calls on citizens to work together to build a safer environment in our country through cooperation and respect for the law," the UP announced.

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