Kucevo Post Office Worker Arrested Over Embezzlement

Officers of the Criminal Police Directorate arrested S. C. (42) from the Kucevo area on suspicion that, as a responsible official at a post office, he took 1,289,300 dinars from its cash desk. The Interior Ministry announced the arrest on September 29, 2026.

Who made the arrest, and on whose order?

The suspect was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Department of the Criminal Police Directorate. The operation was ordered by the Special Department for Combating Corruption of the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Kraljevo.

In its announcement, the Interior Ministry (MUP) says the arrest is part of the fight against corruption and financial crime. It gives the suspect’s workplace as a post office in the Kucevo area, not the town of Kucevo itself, so it cannot be said exactly which settlement the post office is in.

What is S. C. accused of?

According to the announcement, S. C. took cash from the till in September of this year, while serving as the responsible official at the post office, money that had been entrusted to him through his work. The amount is about 1,289,300 dinars. Police believe he gained unlawful financial benefit this way, and that Posta Srbije DOO Beograd (the Serbian Post) was left short by the same amount.

The suspect is charged with embezzlement. He is presumed innocent until a final verdict, and the MUP speaks of grounds for suspicion, not of established guilt.

What is known about the next steps?

Along with a criminal complaint, the suspect will be brought before the competent prosecutor’s office. The announcement does not say whether he has already been questioned or whether prosecutors will seek detention.

The MUP also said in its announcement that the Anti-Corruption Department will continue its work:

Members of the Ministry of Interior, the Criminal Police Directorate, the Anti-Corruption Department will continue their work on combating corruption and financial crime on the territory of the Republic of Serbia.