Members of the BiH Border Police arrested 11 people in an operation codenamed “Insider” for smuggling of persons.
“Officers of the Border Police under the supervision of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH, and according to the orders of the Court of BiH, successfully carried out the “Insider” operation and on that occasion searched nine locations in the area of Zvornik, Tuzla, Konjic and Brcko District,” the Border Police stated in the press release.
All 11 arrested are citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and during the search, temporarily confiscated items were discovered that can be used as evidence in further proceedings – three cars, mobile phones, SIM cards.
A quantity of marijuana, a digital scale, 14 stalks of Indian hemp were also found.
Director of the BiH Border Police, Zoran Galic, pointed out that the members of the Border Police, despite all the challenges and the lack of personnel, are fully committed to the fight against all forms of crime.
“Attempts to smuggle people are, unfortunately, becoming more frequent. And yesterday at the Donji Svilaj border crossing, we prevented the smuggling of four people in the tank of a truck, and the day before at the international border crossing Orasje, the smuggling of 12 people was prevented,” Galic reminded.
Work on the case continues under the supervision of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
