The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and HerzegovinaNews
SIX SUSPECTS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY IN THE CONTINUATION OF THE OPERATION
14.12.2022. 12:58 In the morning hours police officers of the Directorate for Organized and Serious Crime of the Ministry of Interior of the RS, in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior of Sarajevo Canton, handed over to the Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption five suspects deprived of liberty within operation "Hornet", directed at suppression of organized crime linked with illicit international trafficking of narcotic drugs.
The suspects are under investigation due to existence of grounds for suspicion that they have committed criminal offenses of Organized Crime in conjunction with the criminal offence of Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs under the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The members of this organized group are suspected of procuring a large amount of the narcotic drug "marijuana" from the territory of the Republic of Montenegro, as well as the organized transfer, hiding and smuggling of the narcotic drug in BiH, and subsequently its distribution and sale in the wider area of BiH.
These activities are a continuation of the operation in the cases with evidence from the decrypted Sky and Anom applications.The prosecutor will question the suspects within the legal deadline, after which he will decide on motion for remand in custody or prohibiting measures and the continuation of investigative activities in the case.
*Note on the principle of presumption of innocence
This announcement does not prejudice the outcome of the criminal proceedings and does not violate the principle of the presumption of innocence. A person shall be considered innocent of a crime until guilt has been established by a final verdict (Article 3, paragraph 1 of the CPC BiH).
This announcement does not prejudice the outcome of the criminal proceedings and does not violate the principle of the presumption of innocence. A person shall be considered innocent of a crime until guilt has been established by a final verdict (Article 3, paragraph 1 of the CPC BiH).
