Arms Bunker Found in Belgrade Home, Man, 43, Arrested
Police found a specially built bunker with two automatic rifles and 20 hand grenades in a house in Belgrade. The suspect, M. M., 43, has been detained for up to 48 hours.
Belgrade police have arrested a man suspected of keeping a specially built bunker with weapons and ammunition inside his own house. The suspect is M. M., 43, from Belgrade, born in 1983.
Officers from the Ministry of Interior in Belgrade, from the Criminal Police Directorate and the Department for Combating Drugs, carried out the operation together with the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade. A search of the house where the suspect was staying turned up a bunker purpose built to conceal weapons.
Inside the bunker, police found two automatic rifles and 20 hand grenades. Alongside them, they seized a travel bag containing several packs of ammunition of various calibers. None of the available sources specify which part of Belgrade the house is in.
A Ministry of Interior statement released on September 10 read:
“During a search of the house where the suspect was staying, police found two automatic rifles, 20 hand grenades and a travel bag containing several packs of ammunition of various calibers in the special bunker.”
Sources differ on who delivered the news. N1 reports that Interior Minister Ivica Dacic personally announced the seizure and arrest, while Mondo and 021 carried only the text of the official Ministry statement, without naming the minister as the source.
The suspect is charged with illegal possession and carrying of firearms, ammunition and explosive materials. His guilt has not been established. He has been detained for up to 48 hours, after which he will be handed over, along with a criminal complaint, to the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade, which led the seizure operation.
