Three arrested in Bosnia over 10.6 kg marijuana smuggled from Montenegro
State investigators in Bosnia and Herzegovina arrested two Montenegrin citizens and one Bosnian citizen in an overnight operation on 21 March 2012, seizing 10.664 kilograms of smuggled marijuana. The joint operation was conducted with police across Republika Srpska, Sarajevo Canton and Central Bosnia Canton before the suspects were referred to state prosecutors.
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Arrested
3
Cannabis
10.664 kg
Agencies
State Investigation and Protection Agency, Ministry of Internal Affairs of Republika Srpska +3
Police officers in Bosnia and Herzegovina arrested three suspects during an
overnight operation mounted to suppress illicit drug trafficking and abuse.[1]State investigators announced that two of the arrested individuals were citizens
of Montenegro and one was a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]The
Montenegrin nationals were arrested in Bosnia and Herzegovina on suspicion of
smuggling ten kilograms of marijuana.[2]Investigators from the State
Investigation and Protection Agency seized10.664 kilograms of marijuana during
the operation.[2]Following criminal processing, the three detainees were
scheduled to be handed over to the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina
for further legal proceedings.[2]
The operation was carried out in cooperation with the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Republika Srpska, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Sarajevo Canton
and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Central Bosnia Canton.[2]Police
officers from the State Investigation and Protection Agency continued their
operational and investigative work on the case following the initial arrests and
drug seizure.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
3
Cannabis
10.664 kg
Agencies
State Investigation and Protection Agency; Ministry of Internal Affairs of Republika Srpska; Ministry of Internal Affairs of Sarajevo Canton; Ministry of Internal Affairs of Central Bosnia Canton; Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Agency type
Police, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (10.664 kg)
Activity
Smuggling, Trafficking
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sources
Blicblic.rsSRZaplenjeno 10 kilograma marihuane, uhapšene tri osobe
Vijestien.vijesti.meCitizens of Montenegro arrested in BiH for smuggling 10 kg of marijuana
Open questions the AI reported
No specific municipality or border crossing where the arrests and seizure took place was published in the initial reports.
The suspects were not publicly identified by name, and no formal indictment or subsequent court verdict was reported in the available sources.
A Sarajevo municipal court ordered one month in custody for Nemanja Gajić, whom state investigators SIPA arrested near Ilijaš on 6 November 2026 after finding about 35 kilograms of cannabis in his truck. Prosecutors said the drug was intended for street sale and sought the custody because he could repeat the offence.
Republika Srpska police reported seeing a person consume marijuana in a public place in Vlasenica and issuing a misdemeanour notice under Article 17 of the public-order law. The bulletin records one enforcement action, not a national arrest total or a criminal conviction.
On 18 September 2025 Tuzla canton drug police searched a car in Gradačac and then a home, yard and plot in Modriča used by N.K., seizing about 23 kg of suspected marijuana and seven two-metre cannabis stalks; the cantonal prosecutor ordered his detention for unauthorised production and trafficking.
SIPA reported 78.904 kg of marijuana/skank and 126 cannabis plants seized during 2023. Its all-drug trafficking work covered 68 cases and sixteen reports to prosecutors concerning 32 people, plus a supplementary report concerning three people.