Pancevo drug seizure: two men held, gas pistol found
Police in Pancevo arrested K. Dj. and N. D. after a search turned up around 723 grams of marijuana, 18 grams of hashish and 10 grams of cocaine, plus a scale, cash and a gas pistol.
A single flat search in Pancevo produced roughly 723 grams of a substance believed to be marijuana. In the same room, according to Serbia’s Interior Ministry (MUP), officers also found hashish, cocaine, a precision scale and a gas pistol. Two young men from the town were arrested.
Officers of the Pancevo Police Department acted on orders from the Pancevo Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office. The suspects are K. Dj., born in 2007, and N. D., born in 2008, both from the Pancevo area. They are charged with unauthorised production and trafficking of narcotics.
Alongside the marijuana, officers recovered about 18 grams of a substance believed to be hashish and about 10 grams of powder believed to be cocaine. The type and purity of all three will be settled by forensic analysis, so the classifications at this stage rest on field assessment.
The ministry says the following was also taken from the flat:
- a precision weighing scale
- mobile phones
- cash in Serbian and foreign currency, suspected to come from drug sales
- a gas pistol with its magazine
The two men have been held for up to 48 hours. Once that period runs out, they will be brought before the Pancevo Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office together with a criminal complaint.
The second drug seizure in Pancevo in three weeks
This is not the first time this summer that Pancevo police have gone public with a drug seizure in the town. On July 9, a criminal complaint was filed against J. V., 20, after a house search turned up about 55 grams of powder suspected to be cocaine, hidden inside a soft toy. That case involved one substance and one suspect.
The current one is different in make-up. Three substances in one place, together with a scale and cash in two currencies, are what the ministry cites as grounds for suspecting the drugs were not for personal use. By weight, the total of roughly 751 grams is close to fourteen times the July haul.
In the photograph released by the ministry, the seized items are laid out and numbered one through six. The marijuana sits in a single large clear bag, the cocaine in folded wraps, and the pistol lies with its magazine removed next to two scales.
What happens to the seized drugs?
The substances go for forensic testing, which has to confirm what they are and at what concentration. That finding shapes the legal classification, since quantity and purity are weighed together.
Until a final court decision, K. Dj. and N. D. are presumed innocent. A criminal complaint opens a case, it does not close one.
