Police officers of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) together with police officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republika Srpska today, as part of the operational action “Golden”, in the area of Bijeljina and Ugljevik, carried out searches of business and residential buildings and movable property, at 14 locations and temporarily confiscated documentation from a legal entity.
Six persons were deprived of their liberty due to the existence of grounds for suspicion that they had committed the crimes of “organized crime”, “unauthorized traffic in narcotic drugs”, “unauthorized traffic in weapons and military equipment and dual-use products” and “money laundering” prescribed by the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
During the day, persons deprived of their liberty will be escorted to official premises for criminal processing and questioning as suspects.
During the search, a certain amount of business documentation, laptops, two passenger motor vehicles as well as other items that can be used as evidence in criminal proceedings were discovered and temporarily confiscated, SIPA stated.
