SPLIT, Sept 19 (Hina) - The Split-Dalmatia County civilian and
military police requested of the County State Attorney's Office in
Split to launch an investigation against 13 persons suspected of
abusing their position and authority, illegal dealings and heavy
theft.
The Split County State Attorney's Office said in a statement
on Friday that the police report said the 13 persons had organised
the theft of expensive cars in the area around Zagreb since the end
of February to the beginning of September 1997, and had, using
military police uniforms, military badges and ID cards, transported
the goods from a warehouse in Zagreb to Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Eighteen of the 13 suspects are members of the 73rd battalion
of the Military Police in Split, and the organiser of these
operations was the commander of the same battalion.
Two suspects are at large.
All of the suspects, according to the police report, had
stolen and transported to Bosnia at least 35 vehicles, mostly of the
Mercedes, Audi, BMW and other makes.
Their value has been estimated at about two million kuna
(about US$ 317,460).
The report accused the commander of the 73rd battalion of
having organised the smuggling of sugar, cooking oil and other
consumer goods from Bosnia-Herzegovina into Croatia.
The report said that the suspects had used military vehicles,
military police uniforms, ID cards and badges, even police escorts
with rotation lights, and transported at least 150 tons of sugar and
2,000 litres of cooking oil from Neum to Split, where the goods were
re-packaged and sold without them having to pay any customs duty and
taxes, thus making over 500,000 kuna (around US$ 79,365) for their
personal benefit.
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