A state of siege is in place tonight in the Mirac settlement and part of Kotor, where special units have blocked part of the settlement, as well as the access roads to the Old Town.
The first information from "Vijesti" is that the police are searching villas and houses in the Mirac settlement.
In addition to the villas, one of the exclusive restaurants is also being searched...
Dozens of members of criminal groups were detained in the first wave.
"Officers of the Police Directorate, the Crime Prevention Sector and the Special Police Unit are conducting extensive police activities, targeted controls, raids, inspections of persons, catering establishments and vehicles in the Kotor area tonight, with a special focus on members of organized crime groups, persons of operational interest, convicted persons and persons wanted at the national and international level. During the controls, seven persons - members of the OKG were brought for further processing to the premises of the Kotor Security Department. These are the following persons: VO, A. Đ., MC, LG, PM, Ž. M. and NZ", the Police Directorate announced.
Several passenger vehicles were seized from the Bar Police Department for further checks.
Members of the organized crime group Nemanja Zurovac from Herceg Novi and Aleksandar Đurđevac from Nikšić violated the supervision measure imposed by the Higher Court in Podgorica.
"The checks determined that the persons NZ from Herceg Novi and A. Đ. from Nikšić - members of an OKG, violated the active supervision measure determined by the Higher Court in Podgorica, which refers to the ban on leaving the place of residence. The acting judge of the Higher Court in Podgorica was immediately informed of this event, in accordance with the law, who, after being briefed on the circumstances by police officers, declared that there were no grounds for ordering detention and that the persons be released without further detention, given that they had already spent three years in detention as defendants," the police announced.
They add that these are individuals who continuously violate certain supervision measures ordered by the court, and that in specific situations the court cannot order them to be detained.
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