BELGRADE – Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said on Friday that the state has no connection to the scandal triggered by the seizure of five tons of marijuana on property owned by local official of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS).
He added that the police had arrested those responsible and accused his political opponents of “turning everything upside down” by claiming that the state was behind the case.
On 29 January, Serbian Police, in cooperation with the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime (TOK), seized five tons of marijuana in the village of Konjuh, near Kruševac, in central Serbia.
The suspects were identified as Aleksandar Mijajlović, Nebojša Spasojević, Rade Spasojević, Ivan Draganić and Uroš Mladenovski.
The prosecution has proposed issuing a warrant, including an international one, for Aleksandar Mijajlović, who has been identified as the organiser of the criminal group and is currently at large.
Mijajlović is a councillor of the Serbian Progressive Party in Kruševac. He has been described as a close associate of Defence Minister Bratislav Gašić.
The Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime stated that the criminal group operated on an international scale, procuring five tons of marijuana in North Macedonia in early January.
According to Interior Minister Ivica Dačić, the seizure represents the largest drug bust to date in Serbia, with the value of the drugs estimated at between 7 and 10 million euros. In addition to marijuana, police also found firearms, including at least, four automatic rifles and one rocket launcher, as well as more than 1.5 million dinars (approximately 12,700 euros) in cash.
Defence Minister Bratislav Gašić congratulated members of the police and other security services on the operation, saying it demonstrated that “there are no protected individuals in Serbia”.
SDSM: Marijuana could not have reached Serbia without Macedonian government structures
The opposition Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) stated today that five tons of marijuana could not have reached Serbia from North Macedonia without the support of government structures.
According to the largest Macedonian opposition party, the five tons of drugs were transported through North Macedonia into Serbia. They added that among those arrested is a co-owner of a Macedonian company.
The coalition government led by VMRO-DPMNE Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski has remained silent on the cartel scandal and has not explained who allowed such a massive quantity of drugs to cross the Macedonian border.
“There has been no response from VMRO on how five tons of drugs ended up in Serbia via North Macedonia. Without the support of government structures and Macedonian institutions, this would have been impossible,” the statement reads.
The SDSM emphasized that it has been sounding the alarm for days about the links between criminal networks in North Macedonia and Serbia.
“With each passing day, the VMRO government sinks deeper into scandal, crime, and corruption. There is still no response regarding Mickoski’s photos with the criminal known as Sime, who was arrested in another case involving large quantities of drugs, weapons, ammunition, and cash,” the statement added.
HighDeltaVee on
High crimes and misdemeanors.
MercatorLondon on
It didn’t happen and the quantities mentioned were not correct eighter /s
TheDadThatGrills on
True or not, that’s an impressive amount of Marijuana to be accused of possessing.
LiberalSocialist99 on
He did it cuz he like it…
Useless_or_inept on
It didn’t happen. But it’s Macedonia’s fault.
Just another day in Serbia…
>In addition to marijuana, police also found firearms, including at least, four automatic rifles and one rocket launcher, as well as more than 1.5 million dinars (approximately 12,700 euros) in cash.
Baz_123 on
Well, if he has to resign at least he’ll go out on a high. 🤪
InsensitiveClod76 on
Give some?
Shasinno on
He runs a massive narco empire behind everyone’s back, helped by his ruling party and is theorized that is his source of funding for many things, some even speculate a part of it is being used for his paramilitary camp in front of the Serbia’s Parliament building, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it was also used for political advertising as well, because every time election season rolled around, SNS just oversaturates every other political party with it’s aggresive advertising on basically everything.
VinylHighway on
Shouldn’t even be a crime
GovernmentBig2749 on
My boys on the case as always, never in the news for something smart, is always violence and drugs
Garlicluvr on
Knowing him, he would say, “yes, we have five tons, while Croats have only three tons”.
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BELGRADE – Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said on Friday that the state has no connection to the scandal triggered by the seizure of five tons of marijuana on property owned by local official of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS).
He added that the police had arrested those responsible and accused his political opponents of “turning everything upside down” by claiming that the state was behind the case.
On 29 January, Serbian Police, in cooperation with the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime (TOK), seized five tons of marijuana in the village of Konjuh, near Kruševac, in central Serbia.
The suspects were identified as Aleksandar Mijajlović, Nebojša Spasojević, Rade Spasojević, Ivan Draganić and Uroš Mladenovski.
The prosecution has proposed issuing a warrant, including an international one, for Aleksandar Mijajlović, who has been identified as the organiser of the criminal group and is currently at large.
Mijajlović is a councillor of the Serbian Progressive Party in Kruševac. He has been described as a close associate of Defence Minister Bratislav Gašić.
The Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime stated that the criminal group operated on an international scale, procuring five tons of marijuana in North Macedonia in early January.
According to Interior Minister Ivica Dačić, the seizure represents the largest drug bust to date in Serbia, with the value of the drugs estimated at between 7 and 10 million euros. In addition to marijuana, police also found firearms, including at least, four automatic rifles and one rocket launcher, as well as more than 1.5 million dinars (approximately 12,700 euros) in cash.
Defence Minister Bratislav Gašić congratulated members of the police and other security services on the operation, saying it demonstrated that “there are no protected individuals in Serbia”.
SDSM: Marijuana could not have reached Serbia without Macedonian government structures
The opposition Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) stated today that five tons of marijuana could not have reached Serbia from North Macedonia without the support of government structures.
According to the largest Macedonian opposition party, the five tons of drugs were transported through North Macedonia into Serbia. They added that among those arrested is a co-owner of a Macedonian company.
The coalition government led by VMRO-DPMNE Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski has remained silent on the cartel scandal and has not explained who allowed such a massive quantity of drugs to cross the Macedonian border.
“There has been no response from VMRO on how five tons of drugs ended up in Serbia via North Macedonia. Without the support of government structures and Macedonian institutions, this would have been impossible,” the statement reads.
The SDSM emphasized that it has been sounding the alarm for days about the links between criminal networks in North Macedonia and Serbia.
“With each passing day, the VMRO government sinks deeper into scandal, crime, and corruption. There is still no response regarding Mickoski’s photos with the criminal known as Sime, who was arrested in another case involving large quantities of drugs, weapons, ammunition, and cash,” the statement added.
High crimes and misdemeanors.
It didn’t happen and the quantities mentioned were not correct eighter /s
True or not, that’s an impressive amount of Marijuana to be accused of possessing.
He did it cuz he like it…
It didn’t happen. But it’s Macedonia’s fault.
Just another day in Serbia…
>In addition to marijuana, police also found firearms, including at least, four automatic rifles and one rocket launcher, as well as more than 1.5 million dinars (approximately 12,700 euros) in cash.
Well, if he has to resign at least he’ll go out on a high. 🤪
Give some?
He runs a massive narco empire behind everyone’s back, helped by his ruling party and is theorized that is his source of funding for many things, some even speculate a part of it is being used for his paramilitary camp in front of the Serbia’s Parliament building, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it was also used for political advertising as well, because every time election season rolled around, SNS just oversaturates every other political party with it’s aggresive advertising on basically everything.
Shouldn’t even be a crime
My boys on the case as always, never in the news for something smart, is always violence and drugs
Knowing him, he would say, “yes, we have five tons, while Croats have only three tons”.