Nis: Police Seize Seven Kilograms of Cocaine, Arrest Man
Police found seven packages of cocaine in the trunk of a car belonging to a 42-year-old suspect from Nis, and 3,700 euros in cash at his apartment.
Officers of the Serbian Ministry of Interior seized about seven kilograms of cocaine in Nis and arrested a man suspected of selling the drug. The operation was carried out by the Criminal Police Directorate and the Service for Combating Drugs, working with the Technical Support Directorate and the Nis Police Department, on order of the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Nis.
While searching the car used by the suspect, police found seven packages of cocaine in the trunk, weighing a total of around seven kilograms. The man arrested, identified only as M. V., was born in 1984 and is 42 years old.
A search of his apartment and other premises he used turned up an additional 3,700 euros in cash, which investigators suspect came from drug sales.
The suspect faces charges of 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 Nis along with a criminal complaint.
Part of a String of Major Drug Seizures
The operation in Nis is the latest in a series of large drug busts across Serbia in recent months. In Baric, police earlier found 30 kilograms of marijuana at an illegal dump site, while in an apartment in Sremska Mitrovica officers seized more than 200 kilograms of drugs. All three operations were carried out under the direction of the relevant prosecutor’s offices, and in those cases as well, the suspects were charged with crimes related to drug trafficking.
The investigation into the Nis case is ongoing, and the prosecutor’s office is expected to release further details on the proceedings at a later date.
