Novi Sad Drug Raid Nets 2.5 Kilograms, Two Minors Held
Criminal police searched an apartment in Novi Sad and found more than 2.5 kilograms of hashish, marijuana and cocaine, already weighed and packaged. Two minors, 15 and 17, are suspects.
Police in Novi Sad seized more than 2.5 kilograms of narcotics in a drug raid, and the two suspects are minors, aged 15 and 17. The search was carried out by officers from the Criminal Police Department of the Novi Sad Police Department. According to police, the drugs had already been weighed and split into smaller packages meant for street sale.
Officers located the premises used by the suspects after fieldwork, and the search followed from there. The police statement said the operation kept more than 2.5 kilograms of narcotics from reaching street buyers.
The total comes from three types of narcotics. Seized from the apartment were:
- 1,426.11 grams of hashish, pressed into blocks with matching branded stickers
- 1,123 grams of marijuana, in eight large bags
- 11.94 grams of cocaine
Combined, that is 2,561.05 grams of narcotics that never made it to the street.
Scale, Phones and Cash
Along with the narcotics, police seized a digital scale used for precise measuring. Alongside it they found several mobile phones that, according to the statement, were used to arrange sales, as well as a substantial amount of cash suspected to come from drug trafficking.
Police stated explicitly that the narcotics were not found loose. Part of the hashish had been pressed into three blocks carrying the same branded stickers, while part of the marijuana had already been split into smaller bags lying next to the scale.
Detention for One, Criminal Complaint for the Other
The older of the two, A. M., 17, from Backa Palanka, was ordered held for 48 hours. A criminal complaint was filed against the younger suspect, L. T., 15, from Novi Sad, with the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Both are charged with a criminal offense related to narcotics. Guilt is not established in a police statement but in court proceedings, so the presumption of innocence applies until a final verdict. The minors’ full names are not published, and special rules apply to how their case proceeds.
Why Does the Packaging Matter to the Case?
Because it separates the amount someone was holding from the amount already prepared for resale. In statements like this, police note whether the drugs were weighed, divided and packaged, since that is a description of what was found, not an assessment. In the Novi Sad case, that description also covers the scale and the mobile phones, items seized together with the drugs.
Prosecutors decide only afterward how the offense will be classified and what they will seek from the court. Until that decision, what stands is what police reported: the weight, the type and the way it was packaged.
Fifty Times More Than in the Zrenjanin Case
In an earlier story, we reported on a case from Zrenjanin, where a suspect found with 50 grams of cocaine was placed under an ankle monitor instead of pretrial detention. The Novi Sad seizure is more than fifty times larger by weight, but the two figures are not directly comparable: the Zrenjanin case involved cocaine alone, while cocaine here makes up less than 12 grams of the total.
The rest is hashish and marijuana, which together add up to more than two and a half kilograms. That mix, large quantities of hashish and marijuana alongside a small amount of cocaine, matches goods meant to be split into street-level packages.
What happens next is up to the prosecution. The Novi Sad Police Department said the Criminal Police Department carried out the operation, and what will be proposed for the two minors now depends on the juvenile prosecutor and the court.
