Smederevo: Two 18 Year Olds Arrested Over Bomb Threat
Police and prosecutors in Smederevo arrested two 18-year-olds accused of threatening a bomb attack on police in comments under a drug-seizure story, and naming two officers as targets.
Officers from Serbia’s Ministry of Interior (MUP) in Smederevo, working with the Smederevo Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office, arrested two 18 year olds, identified as V. Dj. and N.N., both from Smederevo, on September 24. Both face charges of endangering public safety, the Smederevo Police Department said in a statement.
According to the statement, the two suspects are accused of leaving comments on a local news portal, under an article that had reported the police statement on a marijuana seizure, threatening to throw a bomb at the police department. In the same comments, they allegedly named two police officers by name and threatened them personally.
The Ministry of Interior’s statement does not specify which portal was involved, nor which drug-seizure article the comments were posted under.
By order of the Smederevo Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office, both suspects were held for up to 48 hours. After that, they will be brought before the competent prosecutor along with a criminal complaint.
Day earlier, young man arrested with 390 grams of marijuana
The drug-seizure story under which the suspects allegedly posted the bomb threats relates to an arrest made on September 23. The Smederevo Police Department said at the time that it had arrested D.R. (19) from Smederevo, who was found carrying a bag containing 390 grams of marijuana.
According to the prosecution, D.R. is suspected of obtaining the drugs in Belgrade that same day and bringing them to Smederevo by bus to sell. Police also found 130 empty zip bags in his possession, and a search of his home turned up a digital scale and a grinder bearing traces of marijuana.
He too was held for up to 48 hours, after which he was brought before the higher public prosecutor in Smederevo along with a criminal complaint. D.R. is charged with unauthorized production and distribution of narcotics.
Both cases are being handled by the Smederevo Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office, and the presumption of innocence applies to all suspects until a final verdict.
