Vasilije Lakić arrested in Podgorica

Podgorica police arrested Vasilije Lakić, who was on the run, Vijesti learned unofficially from the Police Directorate.

Lakić was arrested in Podgorica, and is suspected of being a member of a criminal group that followed police officers.

Vijesti reported on May 9 that police had arrested Nemanja Zurovac (29) and Mehmed Mekić (21), while searching for Lakić (22). All three are from Herceg Novi and are suspected of having committed the crimes of criminal association and participation in a group that prevented officials from performing their official duties, as members of an organized criminal group, with several currently unknown individuals.

They are suspected of having monitored police officers, as well as official vehicles, using sophisticated electronic equipment and remote devices in the territories of Podgorica, Herceg Novi and Nikšić with the intention of informing members of the criminal group of their movements and activities when the police took action.

Police Directorate Director Lazar Šćepanović said at the time that arresting members of organized crime groups was an imperative for the Police Directorate.

He explained that this action was specific and complex and that it was carried out in cooperation with the police, the Higher State Prosecutor's Office and the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica.

"The planned activities of an active cell of a branch of a high-profile criminal group... which was implementing counter-surveillance measures, preventing law enforcement agencies from providing evidence, revealing unsolved criminal acts, as well as preventing and disabling the discovery of locations where internationally wanted persons are hiding...", Šćepanović said at a press conference on May 9.