Fugitive sentenced to six years over marijuana trafficking arrested in Mostar
Police in Mostar arrested Adis Abaz on 5 November 2026 on the order of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which had sentenced him to six years in prison for organised crime tied to marijuana and amphetamine trafficking. He had not been serving the sentence and, according to unofficial reports, was living in Mostar under a false name.
🇧🇦 Mostar, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton · Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Herzegovina-Neretva Canton Ministry of the Interior (MUP HNK), Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina +1
Police in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Herzegovina-Neretva Canton arrested Adis
Abaz, a man from Zenica, in the Mostar area on 5 November 2026 on the order of
the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]The canton’s police arrested him and
he was to be transferred to Sarajevo.[1]The arrest was confirmed by the duty
prosecutor of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton prosecutor’s office.[2]
Abaz had been convicted of organised crime linked to international drug
trafficking; the group he founded trafficked marijuana and amphetamines from
Bosnia and Herzegovina to Western European countries, according to the court’s
ruling.[3]The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina sentenced him to six years in
prison on 21 February 2022, and the appellate panel confirmed the sentence on 12
May that year.[1]Time he spent in custody from 20 January to 18 May 2020 was
counted toward the six-year term.[3]
According to unofficial information, Abaz had been registered in Mostar under a
false name.[2]Interpol had issued a warrant for him in 2019 at the request of
the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina over organised crime and drug trafficking.[1]His then-lawyer said Abaz was acquitted in Belgium of all charges of
supporting terrorists and of links to weapons sales.[2]Belgium extradited him
to Bosnia and Herzegovina in January 2020 over the drug-trafficking case.[1]The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina lifted his custody in May 2020, and he
defended himself from liberty until the arrest.[4]
Photos and video
Armoured police officers at a scene, used as an illustrative photo with the Srna report on the Mostar arrest. Photo: SrnaPhoto details
Raport.baraport.baBSU Mostaru uhapšen Adis Abaz, krio se pod lažnim imenom
Klix.baklix.baBSU Mostaru uhapšen Adis Abaz: Sud BiH ga osudio na šest godina zatvora, ali nikad se nije javio da služi kaznu
Open questions the AI reported
The amount of marijuana trafficked by the group, and its value, are not given in any of the reports.
The reports do not say why Abaz was not serving the six-year sentence or how it will now be enforced.
That Abaz lived in Mostar under a false name is reported only as unofficial information.
No charges arising from the Mostar arrest itself were reported.
The Srna and Klix images could not be confirmed as pictures of the arrest itself.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Srna: He was arrested in Dresden in June 2019 on a Belgian warrant in an investigation into the possible purchase of weapons for the perpetrators of the 2015 Paris attacks.
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Police in Doboj arrested a man from the Usora municipality on 5 November 2026 after he ignored an identity check, fled and injured an officer, throwing away two PVC wrappings as he ran. Officers seized plant material resembling marijuana and a black lumpy substance resembling hashish, alongside substances resembling speed and cocaine, and the Doboj District Prosecutor's Office was informed.
Vogošća police in Sarajevo Canton arrested two men at 00:10 on 5 November 2026 on suspicion of possessing drugs and enabling their use. A search of one man found a packet of marihuana and a search of the other found marihuana and speed; the Sarajevo Canton prosecutor was notified.
Banja Luka police arrested 17 people in Operation Demidz against a group accused of selling cocaine and marijuana around Banja Luka, Laktaši and Odžak since early 2025. Officers searched 20 locations and seized about 12.5 kg of marijuana alongside cocaine, hashish, cash, scales and two pistols.
Republika Srpska police arrested one person and reported finding 3.8 kg of suspected marijuana during a court-authorised search. The suspect was referred to the Doboj prosecutor the following day.
