Nikšić police searched ten locations, including buildings and flats, on 12 November 2026.[1] They arrested a 17-year-old boy, described as close to an organised crime group, after a search of premises he uses found a small amount of marijuana.[1] Police also arrested MB (19), also described as close to an organised crime group, and his relative MB (53).[1] A search of premises used by the two found a package of cannabis oil and xalol tablets, which are on the list of narcotic drugs.[1] The state prosecutor at the Higher State Prosecutor’s Office in Podgorica was informed and declared the finds misdemeanours.[1] The 17-year-old was brought before the duty judge of the Misdemeanour Court in Podgorica’s Nikšić department.[1] The two MBs were to be brought before the competent misdemeanour court.[1]

The searches were ordered by the Basic Court in Nikšić and the High Court in Podgorica and coordinated with the state prosecutor’s offices in Nikšić and Podgorica.[1] Police said the operation targeted members of organised criminal groups, persons of operational interest and people close to and associated with them.[1] In the same searches officers seized two firearms and 64 rounds of ammunition held illegally.[1] Police also temporarily seized €37,000, whose origin and basis of acquisition and possession will be established.[1] Vijesti reported that the searches covered premises used by members of the Škaljari and Kavača cells of the Balkan drug cartel.[1] Border Police Sector officers and sniffer dogs supported the searches.[2] Police said they would keep targeting organised crime members and their associates.[1]