Older people are also involved in drug dealing

Four days after the police discovered the largest marijuana plantation in Montenegro, investigators are still searching for the organizers of this criminal business, which could have brought in up to ten million euros in profits from the seized weed alone.

Two of the arrested people, Zlatko Maraš and Dragan Perović, ended up in Spuž, and the police remind us that this year alone they prevented the smuggling of 12 tons of drugs.

The latest police actions indicate that drug dealing is not only done by young people, but also by older people.

From the largest marijuana plantation discovered in Montenegro, in Trnovo, Zlatko Maraš from Zeta and Dragan Perović from Bar were sent directly to the remand prison in Spuž.

Perović defended himself by remaining silent before the investigating judge of the Higher Court yesterday, and was remanded in custody due to the risk of flight. The court also found that there was a basis for suspicion that they were the ones who were involved in growing hemp.

However, it is still unknown who the organizers of this criminal enterprise are, how many of them were responsible for growing marijuana, or who guarded the eight plots where just over 13 seedlings of the drug, known professionally as cannabis sativa, were planted, with a street value of up to ten million euros.

No less important is how long this criminal business lasted and where the drugs were transported.

"This is not an improvised plantation like the ones that existed in the previous period, this plantation is characterized by its structure, form and organization, with sophisticated physical, technical and material human resources. It was several thousand or several hundred thousand euros invested in this criminal plan," said Acting Director of the Police Administration Lazar Šćepanović at a press conference on August 25.

The fact that the dealers are not giving up is also evidenced by the fact that the border police carried out another successful operation, this time at the Dračenovac border crossing. 16 and a half kilograms of marijuana were found in a specially constructed bunker in a vehicle with Nikšić plates driven by XNUMX-year-old Endi Tiganj.

"Twelve tons of further smuggling prevented in seven and a half months, so you see what the results are in the historic battle against organized crime," Šćepanović said on August 25th.

And the war against the drug underworld does not stop there. In addition to young people, older people are also involved in this lucrative business. The Nikšić police found a small cannabis plantation in the apartment of sixty-nine-year-old BM, and they suspect that it was intended for street sales. The police state that during June, July and August they filed 11 reports and arrested seven people for similar offenses.

Although Montenegro has been the most common transit route so far, the amount of drugs seized shows that it is increasingly available to young people, and that apart from finding and arresting, little helps in such a serious war.