INDICTMENT FILED FOR UNAUTHORISED INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN NARCOTIC DRUGS

A prosecutor of the Special Department for Organised Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina has filed an indictment against:

- GORAN GORANOVIĆ, born in 1980 in Šamac, citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republic of Serbia, and

- ŽELJKO STAVRIĆ, born in 1987 in Gradačac.

The allegations against the defendants are that they, on several occasions in the period from early 2020 to 25 February 2022, acting as an organized group of people, carried out unauthorised international procurements of narcotic drugs “cannabis” and “cocaine” from the territory of the Republic of Montenegro and the Republic of Serbia, and then carried out further sales of the narcotic drugs in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

According to the collected evidence and the results of the investigation, , the defendants stored the narcotic drugs after their organized and executed smuggling and sold them on the illegal drug market for higher contracted sums of money, and acquired illegal property gain in the amount of BAM 32,496 in the aforementioned manner.

The defendants smuggled narcotic drugs in different quantities, usually from several hundred grams to several kilograms, which they sold for amounts ranging from EUR 750 to EUR 15,800. They most often used coded terms to denote the type, quantity and price of the narcotic drugs, as well as the place and time of the meeting in order to take over and pay the price for the purchased narcotic drugs.

The defendants are accused of having committed the criminal offence of illegal trafficking in narcotic drugs set out in the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The indictment has been forwarded to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina for confirmation.

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