Krusevac Marijuana Bust: Five Bags Found in Driver's Car
Police in Krusevac found five bags of roughly 5.5 kilograms of plant matter in the car of a driver from Batocina, who has been held for up to 48 hours.
A marijuana seizure in Krusevac happened during a routine traffic check. Officers of the Interior Ministry stopped a car driven by D. S. (1961), a resident of Batocina, and found five bags holding roughly 5.5 kilograms of plant matter inside.
The driver was arrested. He is charged with the unauthorized production and trafficking of narcotics. On order of the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Krusevac, he has been held for up to 48 hours, after which he will be brought before the prosecutor along with a criminal complaint.
The Krusevac Police Department statement reads:
police found five bags with about 5.5 kilograms of plant matter suspected to be marijuana in the car driven by the suspect
The statement was published on August 7 at 12:34 PM and updated at 5:37 PM, and the Interior Ministry released a photo of the seized package along with it.
What the statement actually says
The official police information confirms the following:
- the car was stopped in the Krusevac area during a traffic check
- five bags with about 5.5 kilograms of plant matter were found inside
- the suspect was born in 1961, making him 65, and comes from Batocina
- the 48 hour custody order came from the prosecutor’s office in Krusevac
Where the car was heading, where the material came from, and whether the driver was alone were not disclosed. Batocina lies in the Sumadija District, about 100 kilometers north of Krusevac.
Why the statement says plant matter
At this stage, police are not claiming the seizure is marijuana. They use the phrase plant matter suspected to be marijuana, because the content is confirmed by a forensic expert, not by an estimate made at the scene. The weight recorded during forensic testing often differs from the first, on site measurement, and it is that tested weight that ends up in the case file.
Until then, D. S. is a suspect and nothing more. Guilt is established neither by a police statement nor by a criminal complaint.
Second car seizure in a short span
This is not the first story of its kind in recent days. We recently reported on a seizure in Uzice, where 6.04 kilograms of amphetamines and a digital scale were taken from a vehicle.
Both cases share a pattern: the drugs were found in a moving car, and the arrest followed a traffic stop rather than a planned operation. The difference lies in the substance and in the fact that a scale was logged alongside the drugs in the Uzice case, something absent from the Krusevac statement.
The 48 hour window is short. During that time the prosecutor’s office decides how to proceed with the complaint, and the 5.5 kilogram figure, if confirmed by forensic testing, is what will determine the severity of the charge.
