15 kg of marijuana seized in a car search during Operation Neptune VII
A vehicle search during INTERPOL's Operation Neptune VII border checks in Montenegro led to the seizure of 15 kg of marijuana. The operation ran from July to September 2025 at air, sea and land borders in 20 countries, where officers found 220 kg of marijuana in total.
A vehicle search during INTERPOL’s Operation Neptune VII border checks in
Montenegro led to the seizure of 15 kg of marijuana.[1]Operation Neptune VII
ran from July to September 2025 as a border-security operation coordinated by
INTERPOL with Europol, Frontex and the World Customs Organization, targeting
Mediterranean maritime routes, airports and land borders.[1]The operation ran
for about two weeks in each of the 20 participating countries.[1]
INTERPOL said Operation Neptune VII produced a total of 220 kg of marijuana,
alongside silver bullion, USD 130,000 in cash and stolen luxury vehicles.[1]Montenegro was one of 20 participating countries, alongside Albania, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Spain and others.[1]
The operation’s main stated aim was counter-terrorism border control, and
INTERPOL said it also produced significant seizures tied to other serious
crimes.[1]INTERPOL said drugs, high-value goods and cash are often used to
fund criminal and terrorist activity.[1]
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The operation ran from July to September 2025, for about two weeks in each country; 30 September 2025 is used as an approximate end date for the whole operation, not the date of this seizure.
The report does not name the Montenegrin town or border crossing where the car was searched, or say who was driving or whether anyone was arrested or charged.
The 220 kg of marijuana is a combined operation total across 20 countries; no country breakdown beyond the 15 kg found in Montenegro was published.
Only the INTERPOL news release could be opened; no second account of this Montenegrin seizure was found.
Montenegrin border police stopped a Bosnian truck at the joint Vraćenovići–Deleuša crossing late on 7 October 2026 and found 62 packages with about 65 kg of marijuana in the trailer; driver B.G., 31, was arrested for drug production, possession and trafficking.
Around 06:00 on 8 August 2026 Podgorica border police searched a VW Golf in Cijevna and seized about 38 kg of marijuana in 35 packages; S.P. (37) from Tuzi was jailed on suspicion of smuggling the load from Albania, and prosecutors later ordered 72 hours’ detention.
Montenegrin border police seized about 95 kg of marijuana from a car boot in the Traboin area of Tuzi and detained the 20-year-old driver. Prosecutors ordered his detention on drug-trafficking suspicion while police sought the person who moved the drugs from Albania.
Montenegro's Border Police seized about 66 kg of skunk marijuana in 119 packages near Sukobin village in Ulcinj. Two suspected carriers fled toward Albania and remained sought, with prosecutors in Podgorica notified.
