Kraljevo Man Arrested in Novi Sad With Cocaine, Heroin
Police in Novi Sad arrested a man from Kraljevo after finding two kilograms of cocaine and a kilogram of heroin in his cargo van, the Interior Ministry announced.
Officers of the Interior Ministry in Novi Sad arrested a suspect identified as I. M., from Kraljevo, on August 25, after a search of his cargo vehicle turned up two kilograms of cocaine and a kilogram of heroin, the Novi Sad Police Directorate announced.
The ministry’s statement lists the suspect’s birth year as 1975, while Tanjug and Kurir report his age as 51, a figure consistent with that birth year. The operation was carried out on the order of the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade.
According to the ministry, the drugs were found during a search of the cargo motor vehicle the suspect was driving. Tanjug’s report first describes the drugs as having been found in a car, then later in the same report also refers to a cargo vehicle, while Kurir’s account refers to a cargo vehicle throughout.
Kurir adds that the arrest was the result of weeks of operative police work, and that officers also seized the mobile phone the suspect had been using, in addition to the drugs.
I. M. is charged with the unauthorized production and trafficking of narcotics. He has been ordered held for up to 48 hours, after which he will be brought before the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade along with a criminal complaint.
A new seizure after Stara Pazova
This is the first drug seizure the Novi Sad Police Directorate has reported since the arrest in Stara Pazova, where 38 kilograms of marijuana were found in the attic of a house. Unlike that case, where the drugs had been stored in place, this time, according to the ministry, they were found during the search of a vehicle in motion, suggesting they were meant for further transport.
The suspect is presumed innocent until a final verdict is reached.
