Tuzla canton police seize about 23 kg of marijuana in Gradačac
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.
Drug officers from the Tuzla canton interior ministry searched a passenger car driven by N.K., born
in 1969 and living in Modriča, in Gradačac on 18 September 2025 under a Gradačac court warrant.[1][2]They seized plant material in the vehicle that looked like marijuana.[1][2]
Follow-up searches of N.K.’s house, outbuildings, yard and a nearby plot in Modriča yielded a
larger stash police preliminarily weighed at about 23 kilogrammes, plus seven stalks resembling
Indian hemp about two metres tall.[1][2]The cantonal prosecutor was notified and ordered N.K.
detained on suspicion of unauthorised production and trafficking in narcotics under the Federation
criminal code.[1][2]Police said he would be handed to the cantonal prosecutor after processing,
alongside colleagues from Modriča station.[1][2]
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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.
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.
INTERPOL-led Operation Balkan Trigger deployed 5,000 officers across six Western Balkan countries on 17-19 April 2016 and arrested 14 people. Alongside firearms, explosives and ammunition, police recovered 52 kg of marijuana plus gold, cash and a stolen car.