The Police Directorate (UP) announced that three people have been criminally and misdemeanorly prosecuted in Tivat for drug abuse.
"Officers of the Regional Security Center 'South', implementing intensified planned activities aimed at combating drug abuse, in cooperation with the Higher State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica, implemented the case codenamed 'Galijot' and filed a criminal complaint against a person suspected of the criminal offense of unauthorized production, possession and distribution of narcotic drugs," the UP statement reads.
The police said that a criminal complaint had been filed against IJ (44), who, during the conduct of the aforementioned activities, the police suspected that IJ was involved in the street sale of narcotics, cocaine and marijuana.
"In these activities, the police previously found and confiscated the aforementioned narcotics from several persons in Tivat that IJ was selling to them. IJ is currently in the UIKS pre-trial detention center for identical criminal offenses. Then, acting on the order of the Higher Court in Podgorica, a search was carried out of the apartment and other premises owned by IJ, which are used by his emotional partner IO (38), a citizen of the Republic of Serbia with temporary residence in Tivat. On that occasion, 20 tablets from the list of opiates were found. Information was collected from IO for the record when the police suspected that the aforementioned tablets were owned by IJ, and the prosecutor at the Higher State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica was informed of everything, who stated that there were no elements of a criminal offense in this case, but that a misdemeanor charge should be filed against IJ in accordance with the Law on Prevention of Drug Abuse," the UP statement states.
In addition, as stated by the Police Department, as part of intensified activities to combat drug abuse, the Tivat police filed misdemeanor charges and arrested two people.
As they said, during the inspection of the person driving a passenger motor vehicle with Tivat license plates - SV (36), a citizen of Serbia, police officers found a small PVC package containing a brown-colored substance suspected of being the narcotic drug heroin, and a scale for precise measurement.
"Information was collected from him in official premises for the record, and an inspection of the apartment and other premises used by this person was carried out when a small package containing a green substance suspected of being the narcotic drug marijuana was found," the police said in a statement.
They also added that the Prosecutor at the Higher State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica, who is familiar with the event, stated that the actions of SV do not constitute elements of a criminal offense for which prosecution is being undertaken ex officio, but rather that it is a misdemeanor.
"SV was deprived of his liberty for a violation of the Road Traffic Safety Act, while a misdemeanor charge will also be filed against him for a violation of the Drug Abuse Prevention Act," the statement reads.
In the town of Opatovo, the Tivat police checked DI (46) from Kotor, who was driving a passenger vehicle with Cetinje license plates, and on this occasion, a hand-made cigarette containing the narcotic drug marijuana, a so-called joint, was found.
"Information was collected from him in the official premises of the Tivat Security Department for the record, and the prosecutor at the Higher State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica was informed of everything, who stated that DI's actions did not contain the elements of a criminal offense whose prosecution is being taken over ex officio, but that it was a misdemeanor. DI was deprived of his liberty due to a misdemeanor under the Law on the Prevention of Drug Abuse. Police officers of the Regional Security Center 'South' continue with intensive activities within their jurisdiction with a focus on preventing drug abuse in order to protect both the security and health of citizens," the statement concludes.
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