PERSONS ACCUSED FOR SMUGGLING OF NARCOTIC DRUGS ENTER INTO PLEA AGREEMENTS ADMITTING GUILT

Persons accused of the criminal offenses of Organized Crime, as referred to in Article 250 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs, as referred to in Article 195 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, have admitted their guilt and signed Plea Agreements with the Prosecutor, in the presence of their attorneys. 

The following persons have entered into Plea Agreements: 

-       Hakija Mehović, born on 25 April 1961 in Bor - Ivangrad, residing in Sarajevo, citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina,

-       Vidak Milić, born on 25 February 1950 in Barakovac - Foča, residing in Zvornik, with prior convictions, citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and

-       Vahidin Dobrača, born on 03 October 1986 in Rogatica, residing in Sarajevo, citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina.  

These accused persons have admitted their guilt for the commission of the international smuggling of a larger quantity of Skunk Marijuana and Heroin narcotic drugs, while acting as a group for organized crime, from the territories of the Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia and Kosovo to the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as from the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Republic of Serbia; in Bosnia and Herzegovina, they mixed the Heroin narcotic drug with adequate substances to increase its weight and subsequently sold those narcotic drugs to persons known to them in the territories of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Serbia.

After the admission of guilt, the following sentences have been proposed in accordance with the roles these accused persons played in the commission of the criminal offense in question:

1. In relation to the accused Hakija Mehović, a sentence of imprisonment for a term of two (2) years and six (6) months,  

2. In relation to the accused Vidak Milić, a sentence of imprisonment for a term of one (1) year, and  

3. In relation to the accused Vahidin Dobrača, a sentence of imprisonment for a term of one (1) year. 

In accordance with these Plea Agreements and pursuant to Article 69, Paragraph 1, item d) of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in conjunction with Article 74, Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a security measure of forfeiture of objects used in the perpetration of the criminal offence will be imposed on these accused persons. Accordingly, all objects used in the perpetration of these criminal offences will be forfeited, including several mobile phones and SIM cards.

By virtue of signing these Plea Agreements, these accused persons have taken upon themselves an obligation to testify about all the facts known to them in this criminal case, as well as about all other perpetrators, accessories and accomplices in the commission of the said criminal offenses in which they themselves participated. 

With these Plea Agreements, these accused persons have confirmed to have entered their pleas of guilty voluntarily, consciously and with understanding and they have taken upon themselves an obligation to bear the costs arising from these criminal proceedings before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Having entered into these Plea Agreements, the accused persons have waived their right to a trial and right to appeal to the sentences pronounced against them by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the basis of these Plea Agreements.

The respective Plea Agreements have been forwarded to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.