MOSTAR, Dec 28 (Hina) - Police in the southern town of Capljina on Thursday seized 112 kilograms of marijuana transported by two men from the Serb into the Moslem-Croat entity of Bosnia-Herzegovina, and arrested these two suspects.
During the operation, policemen found two guns with one of these two drug dealers. One of the guns was loaded with one bullet. The police also confiscated 4,000 boxes of cigarettes which should have been sold at the black market. According to a statement issued by the cantonal police of Herzegovina-Neretva, these men were driving a Mitsubishi car with UN emblems on it. The police believe the arrested Darko Popovic and Darko Majstorovic (with identity cards issued in the north-western city of Banja Luka) abused the emblems of the UN in order to pass easily towards their destination. The emblems and signs were made of plastic material. However, the police statement does not c
MOSTAR, Dec 28 (Hina) - Police in the southern town of Capljina on
Thursday seized 112 kilograms of marijuana transported by two men
from the Serb into the Moslem-Croat entity of Bosnia-Herzegovina,
and arrested these two suspects.
During the operation, policemen found two guns with one of these two
drug dealers. One of the guns was loaded with one bullet. The police
also confiscated 4,000 boxes of cigarettes which should have been
sold at the black market.
According to a statement issued by the cantonal police of
Herzegovina-Neretva, these men were driving a Mitsubishi car with
UN emblems on it. The police believe the arrested Darko Popovic and
Darko Majstorovic (with identity cards issued in the north-western
city of Banja Luka) abused the emblems of the UN in order to pass
easily towards their destination. The emblems and signs were made
of plastic material. However, the police statement does not clarify
whether the apprehended men were really UN staff.
On early Thursday, a police patrol stopped that car near Capljina
and asked the two man inside the vehicle to show identity papers.
The two claimed that they had the diplomatic immunity, but the
police officers insisted on production of relevant papers. Then
Popovic and Majstorovic dashed towards the town of Capljina, but
another patrol intercepted them.
The found marijuana was being transported from the southern town of
Trebinje (the Serb entity) to Ljubuski (near Capljina in the
federal part of Bosnia). Its value at the illegal market is believed
to be 300,000 German marks. This has been the highest amount of
marijuana confiscated by the police in the Federation of Bosnia-
Herzegovina so far.
According to police information, the Mitsubishi was bought in a
second-hand car shop in the nearby southern town of Grude.
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