Cukarica Drug Bust: 659 Marijuana Packets Seized
Cukarica Police Station and Intervention Unit 92 seized six bags and 659 packets with about three kilograms of marijuana. Suspect V.L., born 2007, was arrested; a minor was found in the apartment.
The Cukarica drug bust ended with the arrest of suspect V.L., born in 2007. He is charged with unauthorized production and trafficking of narcotics. The operation, ordered by the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade, was carried out by officers of the Cukarica Police Station working with Intervention Unit 92.
The search covered the apartment and other premises used by the suspect. Details of the seizure were released in a statement by the Belgrade Police Administration on August 12, 2026.
How much drug was seized?
Officers removed 659 packets and six bags containing a total of about three kilograms of plant material from the apartment. The statement from the Ministry of Interior describes the material as “suspected to be marijuana,” meaning its exact composition still needs to be confirmed by forensic analysis.
Also seized along with the drugs:
- two precision scales
- several small bags suspected of being intended for packaging drugs
- six bags of plant material
The scales and empty bags are, in cases like this, what leads police to suspect the material was not meant for a single person. The numbers in the statement point the same way: three kilograms split into nearly seven hundred individual packets.
Minor found in the apartment
A minor was also present in the apartment during the search. Their name is not being released, nor is any information that could identify them.
According to the statement, the minor will be processed under the Law on Juvenile Offenders and Criminal Legal Protection of Minors. That law sets out a separate procedure for anyone under eighteen, apart from the regular criminal process.
Suspect V.L. has been ordered held for up to 48 hours. He will be brought before the competent prosecutor’s office along with a criminal complaint; guilt is established only by a final court verdict.
Not the first case involving a minor on the scene
A drug seizure at an apartment where a minor is also found is not an isolated occurrence this summer. We previously reported on a seizure in Novi Sad, where 2.5 kilograms of drugs were found in a minor’s possession.
The difference lies in the role each played. In the Novi Sad case, the minor was the one found with the drugs, while in Cukarica the suspect is an adult tenant and the minor was simply present at the scene. Either way, the minor’s case proceeds under the separate juvenile law, regardless of how they ended up in the apartment.
The Cukarica Police Station and Intervention Unit 92 continue working to clarify the case, under the oversight of the Belgrade prosecutor’s office.
