Novi Beograd, Savski Venac: Man Arrested Over Jewelry Thefts
Police arrested A. M. (40) over an attempted robbery and three thefts of gold jewelry in Novi Beograd, while prosecutors are also investigating the theft of three necklaces in Savski Venac.
Police have arrested A. M. (40), a Belgrade native born in 1986, on suspicion of attempted robbery and three counts of aggravated theft. The Ministry of Interior (MUP) and the Third Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade announced the arrest today, September 26.
Officers from the Novi Beograd and Savski Venac police stations carried out the operation, working together with the Third Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade.
Timeline: three incidents in four days
According to the MUP statement, the string of incidents began on September 18 in Novi Beograd. The suspect allegedly threatened a kiosk worker and tried to force open the cash drawer. He failed to take any money and fled the scene.
The next day, September 19, the target was a jewelry store inside a Novi Beograd shopping mall. He is accused of taking advantage of a moment when the shop assistant was distracted to steal an expensive ring.
The pattern repeated a third time on September 21, at another mall in Novi Beograd. In a similar way, he allegedly stole gold jewelry and fled before anyone could react.
For all three incidents in Novi Beograd, the suspect has been ordered held for up to 48 hours at the request of the Third Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade. He will be brought before that prosecutor’s office along with a criminal complaint.
Savski Venac theft also under investigation
MUP says there are also grounds to suspect A. M. of committing aggravated theft at a shopping mall in Savski Venac. He allegedly took three gold necklaces from a jewelry store there, again by taking advantage of a moment when staff were not watching. MUP has not disclosed the date of that theft.
That case has a different status from the other three. At the request of the First Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade, the suspect was questioned in regular proceedings rather than held in custody. The value of the stolen jewelry was not given in the MUP statement.
This is so far the only official statement on the series of jewelry store thefts in Novi Beograd and Savski Venac. Police have not said whether there are additional suspects or other reports.
