One-month custody for man whose truck held 35 kg of skunk near Ilijaš
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.
🇧🇦 Ilijaš, Sarajevo Canton · Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Arrested
1
Cannabis
35 kg
Agencies
State Agency for Investigation and Protection (SIPA), Municipal Court in Sarajevo +1
The Municipal Court in Sarajevo ordered one month of custody for Nemanja Gajić,
in whose truck about 35 kilograms of the drug cannabis were found.[1]The
court ordered the custody because of the danger that he could repeat the
criminal offence if left at liberty.[1]
SIPA, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s State Agency for Investigation and Protection,
found the cannabis when its investigators searched his truck.[2]A SIPA
spokesperson confirmed that the drug was found and temporarily seized during a
search of a freight motor vehicle.[3]The operation was carried out under the
code name MC, on a warrant from the Municipal Court in Sarajevo and under the
supervision of the Sarajevo Canton Prosecutor’s Office.[4]
The Sarajevo Canton Prosecutor’s Office said Gajić was arrested on 6 November in
the Ilijaš area and that the drug was intended for street sale.[2]The
prosecution proposed the one-month custody and Gajić, after being handed over
and questioned, was brought before the Municipal Court in Sarajevo.[2]
He is suspected of the illegal trade in narcotic drugs.[1]In its first
account on 6 November, SIPA’s statement said two people had been deprived of
liberty in operation MC over the roughly 35 kilograms of skunk found in the
freight vehicle.[4]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
35 kg
Agencies
State Agency for Investigation and Protection (SIPA); Municipal Court in Sarajevo; Prosecutor's Office of Sarajevo Canton
Agency type
Police, Court, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (35 kg)
Activity
Sale, Possession
Setting
Vehicle
Charge
illegal trade in narcotic drugs
Case stage
Under investigation
Sentence
Prison
Region
Sarajevo Canton
Sources
RTRSrtrs.tvSRЈедномјесечни притвор лицу код којег је пронађено 35 килограма дроге
N1 BiHn1info.baBSSIPA mu našla 35 kila droge: Tužilaštvo KS predložilo jednomjesečni pritvor za Gajića
Faktorfaktor.baBSVelika zapljena droge u Sarajevu: SIPA oduzela 35 kilograma skanka, uhapšene dvije osobe
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RTRS says the arrest took place "на подручју Сарајева" (the Sarajevo area), while Faktor, N1, Oslobođenje and Radio Sarajevo place it in Ilijaš; the report uses Ilijaš as the more specific place and notes that the custody hearing was in Sarajevo.
The 6 November SIPA statement, as carried by Faktor and Oslobođenje, says two people were deprived of liberty in operation MC, while the later custody reports name only Gajić; what happened to the second person is not reported.
The amount is given as about 35 kilograms throughout and no measured weight or street value was published.
SIPA described the drug as skank and the prosecution and court accounts as cannabis; no laboratory confirmation or product breakdown was published.
Only the custody decision is known; no indictment, plea or sentence was reported, and no case number was given.
RTRS, N1, Faktor and Oslobođenje reproduce the same prosecution and SIPA statements, so they are not independent reporting.
U Sarajevu uhapšene dvije osobe, u kamionu pronađeno 35 kilograma skanka (Oslobođenje) could not be opened again to check its quotations (The browser page answered HTTP 404.; archived fallback unavailable (no accessible Wayback capture was found). No AI research was started); what it says is as the AI read it.
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.
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.