ONE OF THE MOST WANTED FUGITIVES IN EUROPE ARRESTED IN ’TOKIO’ ACTION
| Banjaluka | Monday, 11/12/2023
Police officers of the Administration for Countering Organised and Serious Crime of the Republic of Srpska Ministry of the Interior, supervised by the Prosecutor’s Office of BIH, on the territory of Istočno Sarajevo, are implementing the action whose code name is ‘Tokio’, focused on arresting a member of an organised criminal group who has been involved in trafficking of narcotic drug cocaine.
Within these activities, an M.S was arrested, a citizen of the Republic of Slovenia and BIH, after whom an Interpol notice has been issued by Slovenia based on suspicion that they committed the criminal offence of ‘Unauthorised production and trafficking of narcotic drugs’.
Within the investigation of the Administration for Countering Organised and Serious Crime that had lasted for a longer period and been supervised by the Prosecutor’s Office of BIH, it was confirmed that, after the escape to BIH (they are also a citizen of BIH), the M.S. continued to manage the criminal group involved in international trafficking of narcotic drugs on the territory of EU, BIH, the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro. During the investigation, the transport and trafficking of more than 40 kg of cocaine and 0.5 kg of heroin has been recorded.
In the action ‘Tokio’, along with the members of the Administration for Countering Organised and Serious crime, the police officers of Istočno Sarajevo Police Administration and Special Anti-Terrorist Unit of the Ministry of the Interior also participated, with the support of Europol. So far, 1 kg of the narcotic drug cocaine has been seized, as well as BAM 8,000, EUR 122,580, four guns, a laptop, several mobile phones, a small amount of marijuana, 20 pcs. of bullets 9x19mm and several vehicles.
After the investigation, the arrested person is going to be handed over to the competent prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of BIH, and the report against them will be submitted on the committed criminal offences ‘Organised crime’ related to the criminal offences ‘Unauthorised drug trafficking’, ‘Money laundering’, and ‘Obstruction of justice’.
