The arrested Aco Đukanović was questioned today at the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Nikšić and was ordered detained.
This was stated by one of Djukanovic's defense attorneys, lawyer Nikola Martinovic, after his hearing.
Martinović said that some of the weapons were found to be inscribed and belong to Ace's brother, former President and Prime Minister of Montenegro Milo Đukanović.
Martinović said that the police deprived his client of his liberty and detained him at two and a half hours after midnight.
"To remove any dilemma - some old hunting rifles were found in the search. Some rifles with a dedication to his brother Milo Đukanović were found and it is definitely clear that these rifles have no connection to Aco Đukanović. A certain amount of weapons that belonged to his late father were also found, why there is documentation. The police took all those weapons. They will be the subject of an expert examination and I think there will be no dispute about that. Aco agrees to have it examined. DNA was taken. To our knowledge, the DNA will absolutely certainly show that Aco Đukanović has no connection to those rifles," he said.
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Regarding the ammunition found with Đukanović, lawyer Martinović said that it was most likely forgotten by officers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP) and the National Security Agency (ANB), who were guarding Milo Đukanović.
"As for the ammunition, a package of ammunition of various calibers was found there. So, it is completely unsorted ammunition and it is probably a backlog from the Ministry of Interior of Montenegro and the National Security Agency, the former State Intelligence Service, which provided security in that area for a protected person, the former Prime Minister and President of Montenegro - Milo Đukanović. So there is no need to make a fuss about this case," said Martinović.
He said the same about the bulletproof vests found in the Đukanović house in the Rastoci neighborhood.
"Regarding the bulletproof vests, we also assume that these bulletproof vests were left by members of the Ministry of the Interior of Montenegro who were in that house for years, everyone in Nikšić knows that, and both in front and inside they provided security for protected persons and all the persons who stayed in that house, that is one thing. So, the origin of these bulletproof vests is clear there and the other thing is that these bulletproof vests are completely unusable due to their age, we have already established that. Even I did not know that over time a bulletproof vest loses its effectiveness and after a certain period of time, regardless of whether it was used or not, it cannot be considered a weapon or a dangerous device," he said.
Responding to a question from Vijesti whether he is saying that police officers and the ANB are negligent or forgetful and why they would leave so much ammunition in any house, any protected person, Martinović said:
"I don't know what 'so much' means to you, it's not my job to deal with what the ANB is doing or what the police are doing, it's my job to deal with it and to clearly show that Aco Đukanović has nothing to do with that ammunition and those pistols. When I say pistols, I also mean the hunting rifles that were found, because these are hunting rifles, they are not offensive weapons, there are no Kalashnikovs, they are simple, common, hunting weapons that anyone with a permit can acquire," he said.
He pointed out that the weapon had a number and that it was not a counterfeit weapon.
"The weapons will be tampered with, and to my knowledge, each of these weapons has a permit. The police also confiscated some signal pistols - these are pistols used on vessels to fire signal rockets and they cannot be considered weapons, so this will certainly be rejected," Martinović said.
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While police officers were taking Aco Đukanović out of the Nikšić prosecutor's office building, several dozen of his friends, acquaintances and relatives chanted "Aco, Aco".
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The Basic State Prosecutor's Office (ODT) in Nikšić officially announced that Aco Đukanović has been ordered detained.
"The state prosecutor at the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Nikšić, after the hearing, issued a decision to detain A. Đ. due to reasonable suspicion that he committed the criminal offense of unauthorized possession and carrying of weapons and explosives. There is reasonable suspicion that A. Đ. was illegally holding weapons and ammunition in his house in Nikšić," the statement reads.
Aco Đukanović was brought for questioning earlier today to the Basic State Prosecutor's Office building in Nikšić, and an hour later, lawyers Ana Đukanović, Neda Ivović and Nikola Martinović entered the building.
The prosecutor's office building was secured by officers of the Police Directorate, armed with long guns.
Djukanovic was arrested during the night after police found weapons during a search of his house in Nikšić.
He was arrested by order of the Nikšić ODT on suspicion of committing the criminal offense of illegal possession and carrying of weapons and explosives.
"There is a reasonable suspicion that A. Đ. was illegally keeping weapons and ammunition in his house in Nikšić," the prosecutor's office announced earlier today.
The Police Directorate announced today that in Nikšić, during a search of a family house in Rastoci, they found a large quantity of firearms and ammunition: a hunting carbine "Mauser" with an optical sight, in illegal possession; a rifle of the "Brno" brand with an optical sight of the "Busnell" brand, in illegal possession; a shotgun rifle of an unknown brand, in illegal possession; a pistol of an unknown brand, in illegal possession; a hunting carbine "M-48", in illegal possession; a pistol "CZ 99 PARA" with a frame containing five rounds of ammunition and a weapons certificate in the name of a deceased family member; more than 400 rounds of ammunition of different brands and calibers; three empty frames; five protective ballistic body armor; binoculars of the "Zeiss" brand.
"Vijesti" announced this morning that, according to the newspaper's unofficial information, several expensive watches were listed and photographed during the search of Đukanović's apartment, and that the police also photographed certain documentation, arranged in several binders. According to the same information, these are expensive wristwatches.
The police officially announced today that they seized certain documentation during the search in Podgorica, which the competent prosecutor's office was notified of, "and a case will be opened regarding the above for the purpose of further proceedings."
"Due to the protection of the interests of police officers, at this time we are unable to provide more information about the activities carried out in the territory of Podgorica," they said at the time.
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