500 g marijuana seized from pedestrian at Božaj crossing
On 8 January 2016 border police stopped 23-year-old pedestrian E.H. from Bajza at the Božaj crossing and found about 500 g of suspected marijuana in his bag. He and the drug were handed to Podgorica anti-drug officers, the prosecutor was informed, and the substance was sent for forensic examination.
Officers of the Border Police Regional Center Center - Tuzi Border Police
Department controlled E.H. (23) from Bajza, Albania, after he approached border
control at the Božaj crossing on foot on 8 January.[1]Border officers
suspected that he was carrying concealed items he was trying to smuggle into
Albania, and they inspected and searched him and his belongings jointly with
officers of the Customs Administration’s Božaj outpost.[1]The inspection and
search was carried out together with officers of the Customs Administration -
Customs Outpost Božaj.[1]Inside his bag they found a larger package
containing a dark-green substance suspected to be marijuana and weighing about
500 grams.[1]Police described the overall result as about half a kilogram of
marijuana found and seized from an Albanian citizen at the Božaj border
crossing.[1]
The man and the suspected drug were handed to the Department for the fight
against drugs - Group Podgorica, which informed the Deputy High State Prosecutor
in Podgorica about the incident.[1]The case was pursued on suspicion of
unauthorized production, possession and placing narcotic drugs on the market,
and the substance was sent to the Forensic Center for expert examination.[1]
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Cannabis
500 g
Agency type
Customs, Border guard, Police, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (500 g)
Activity
Smuggling
Setting
Land border
Case stage
Under investigation
Route
Montenegro → Albania
Sources
Vijestien.vijesti.meHalf a kg of marijuana seized in Božaj, cigarettes worth 11.000 euros near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina
Open questions the AI reported
The suspect's full name was not published, only the initials E.H.
The substance was described only as suspected marijuana pending Forensic Center examination; no confirmed result was reported.
No arrest wording, detention period, charge outcome or sentence was reported beyond handover and notification of the prosecutor.
The same article also reports a separate 5,500-pack cigarette seizure on 4 January in Pilatovci, Nikšić, which is left out here as a different non-cannabis event.
Only one accessible opened source was available; a second account of the same police announcement could not be opened and is not cited.
The available photo is captioned only as the Božaj border crossing and is not established to show the seized package itself.
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