Interpol Fugitives Arrested in Novi Sad and Sabac

In Brief

• Serbia’s FAST police unit arrested two men wanted on international warrants on September 5, in two different cities.
• In Novi Sad, police arrested Hungarian national D. T. (born 1995), sought under an Interpol Budapest warrant for drug related crimes.
• In Sabac, police arrested A. K. (born 1973) of Belgrade, already sentenced under a final verdict to six and a half years in prison.

Officers from the Interior Ministry’s Directorate for Technical Operations, Targeted Manhunt Department, known as the FAST team, arrested two men wanted on international warrants on September 5. The arrests took place the same day in two cities, Novi Sad and Sabac, in two unrelated cases.

Hungarian National Arrested in Novi Sad

Police in Novi Sad arrested D. T. (born 1995), a Hungarian national. He was wanted under an international warrant issued by Interpol Budapest for several drug related criminal offenses, punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

The Interior Ministry said in its statement on the arrest:

The warrant against him was issued for several criminal offenses related to narcotics, punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

The ministry released a photo alongside the statement showing handcuffs on the arrested man’s wrists, with his face not shown. D. T. was brought before the Novi Sad Higher Court, which now has jurisdiction over the case.

Belgrade Man Arrested in Sabac

A second arrest took place the same day in Sabac. Police there arrested A. K. (born 1973) of Belgrade, also wanted under an international warrant.

A. K. is charged with the illegal production, possession, carrying and trafficking of weapons and explosive materials, failure to provide child support, and violating a restriction imposed as a security measure. He has already been sentenced under a final verdict to six and a half years in prison for these offenses, the Interior Ministry said.

Acting on an order from the Belgrade Higher Court, A. K. was taken to serve his sentence. This was not a case still under investigation. The verdict had already been handed down, and the warrant stayed active while he was on the run, until his arrest in Sabac.

Same Team, Two Cities, One Day

The same officers from the Targeted Manhunt Department carried out both arrests. The team’s work shows that staying in the country brings a fugitive no safety, regardless of whether the warrant was issued for an investigation still underway or to enforce a sentence already final.