Aco Djukanovic arrested

Businessman Aco Đukanović was arrested after a search of his family home in the Nikšić settlement of Rastoci, "Vijesti" was told unofficially by several sources.

According to the same information, the brother of the former president of Montenegro was handcuffed after the police found three rifles, police equipment, and a bulletproof vest.

Djukanovic's property was searched from around 13 pm yesterday until late at night.

Plainclothes inspectors were deployed for hours on Friday around a building on Vuka Karadžića Street in downtown Podgorica.

The search began only after members of the Special Police Unit (PJP), armed with long guns, and one group with a means for violently breaking down doors in their hands, deployed in formation at all entrances to the building.

"Vijesti" unofficially learned that police officers entered some rooms by force - by breaking down doors.

Previously, members of the PJP also searched part of the security of Đukanović's Prva Banka, whose branch is located in the aforementioned building.

After completing the search in Podgorica, the inspectors headed towards Nikšić, where hours earlier the Đukanović house in the Rastoci neighborhood had been surrounded.

Unofficial information suggests that the witnesses at the hearing in Nikšić were Miodrag Daka Davidović and Miodrag Ivanović, and allegedly, around 21 pm, Đukanović's sister, lawyer Ana Đukanović, also came to the house in Rastoci.

Aco Đukanović is the largest shareholder of Prva Banka (around 41,5 percent). The bank has been in the public spotlight for years due to state aid in 2008, subsequent doubts about how that money was returned, as well as supervisory measures and business indicators in recent years.

The brother of former prime minister and president Milo Đukanović moved to Luxembourg, then to Italy, shortly after the 2020 elections. According to information from "Vijesti", he arrived in Montenegro a few days ago.