Nis: 20 Kilograms of Pills in Mercedes, Subotica Man Held
Police found 20 kilograms of pills, cocaine and a large sum of foreign currency in a Mercedes on the highway near Nis. N. G. (43) from Subotica was arrested.
Officers from Serbia’s Interior Ministry (MUP) in Nis, working with the Service for the Suppression of Drug Trafficking, arrested N. G. (43) from Subotica on suspicion of unauthorized production and trafficking of narcotics. The operation was carried out on the order of the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Nis, the Interior Ministry announced on September 18.
The arrest took place a day earlier. On September 17, police stopped a Mercedes driven by the suspect on the highway in Nis. A search of the vehicle turned up 20 kilograms of pills suspected of being on the list of psychoactive substances.
The same vehicle also contained a smaller quantity of a substance suspected to be cocaine, along with a large sum of foreign currency. Investigators suspect the money came from drug sales. MUP did not disclose the exact amount.
N. G. is a suspect and has not been found guilty. He has been ordered held for up to 48 hours. After that, he will be brought before the competent public prosecutor along with a criminal complaint, and the prosecutor will decide on further proceedings, including a possible motion for pretrial detention.
MUP did not release further details of the operation, including the exact location where the vehicle was stopped on the highway. It is also not known whether the suspect had accomplices or whether the vehicle had been checked before.
