During the search of the apartment in Jahorina, which was used by one of the most wanted fugitives in Europe, Mladen Samardžija, Tijana Tegeltija was found, Klix.ba learns. As they have been confirmed, she was not taken into custody.
Tijana is the ex-wife of Milan Tegeltija, the current president of Football Clun Borac, adviser to the president of the Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik and former president of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of BiH (HJPC).
Although Tijana and Milan have deleted all their joint photos from social networks, it is not known whether their divorce was finalized in court.
The circumstances of her stay in Jahorina in the apartment of Samardžija, for which an Interpol warrant was issued by Slovenia for drug trafficking, are not yet known, although there is speculation that they are in a relationship.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the RS has not yet announced the discovery of Tijana in the apartment that was searched after the arrest of Samardžija while leaving the hotel.
Mladen Samardžija, one of the most wanted fugitives in the European Union, was arrested on Monday in an operation by the Directorate for Organized and Serious Crime and the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (SAJ) of the MUP of the Repubika Srpska. Samardžija was arrested in Jahorina Mountain on suspicion of being involved in drug trafficking.
Police officers of the Directorate for Organized and Serious Crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republika Srpska under the supervision of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the area of East Sarajevo are carrying out an operation codenamed “Tokyo” aimed at depriving a member of an organized criminal group who was involved in cocaine trafficking in the previous period.
“During these activities, the person M.S., a citizen of the Republic of Slovenia and BiH, was deprived of his liberty, for whom an Interpol warrant was issued for Slovenia for the criminal offense of ‘unauthorized production and trafficking of narcotic drugs’,” the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the RS announced.
It is added that as part of the investigation of the Directorate for Organized and Serious Crime, which lasted for a long period of time under the supervision of the BiH Prosecutor’s Office, it was established that the person M.S. after fleeing to BiH (of which he is a citizen) continued to manage an organized criminal group that deals with the international trade in narcotic drugs in the territory of the European Union, BiH, Serbia and Montenegro, and the investigation itself documented the transportation and sale of more than 40 kilograms of the narcotic drug cocaine and half a kilogram of the intoxicating drug heroin.
Police officers from the East Sarajevo Police Department, the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with the support of Europol are also participating in the “Tokyo” operation with members of the Directorate for Organized and Serious Crime, and so far one kilogram of the narcotic drug cocaine, 8,000 BAM, 122,580 euros, four pistol, laptop, several mobile phones, a small amount of marijuana, 20 pieces of 9×19 mm bullets and several vehicles.
The person deprived of liberty will be handed over to the acting prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina after the criminal investigation, and a report will be filed against him about the crimes of “organized crime” in connection with the crimes of “illegal traffic in narcotic drugs”, “money laundering” and “obstructing the work of the judiciary”.
