64-year-old arrested as 68 kg of cannabis seized in Smederevska Palanka
Serbian police searched a 64-year-old man's house, yard and outbuildings in Smederevska Palanka and found a laboratory for growing and drying cannabis, seizing more than 68 kilograms of raw and dried plant material. He is accused of unauthorised production and sale of drugs and was held for 48 hours pending a criminal complaint.
Police in Smederevska Palanka arrested a 64-year-old local man identified only
as S. S. after searching his house, yard and outbuildings.[1][2][3]The search found
a laboratory for growing and drying cannabis and more than 68 kilograms of the
drug in raw and dried form.[1][2][3]The Interior Ministry said the operation was
carried out with the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Smederevo.[4][2]
Officers seized more than 57 kilograms of raw cannabis and more than 11
kilograms of dried cannabis, along with seeds and flowers of the plant.[4][2][3]The
suspect is charged with the criminal offence of unauthorised production and sale
of narcotic drugs.[4][2]
He was held for up to 48 hours and was then to be brought, with a criminal
complaint, before the competent higher public prosecutor in Smederevo.[1][2][3]
Photos and video
Police photo published with the Smederevo police statement on the Smederevska Palanka search. Photo: MUP SrbijePhoto details
Original
547 × 351 px · JPEG · 287 KB
SHA-256
eb56917159842b41…
Retrieved
7 Nov 2026
Shown
the publisher's file, through an image proxy
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs of SerbiaSecond police photo from the Smederevo statement on the Smederevska Palanka case. Photo: MUP SrbijePhoto details
Police did not say when the search took place; 6 November 2026 is the date the Interior Ministry published the statement and is used as the incident date.
The total of more than 68 kilograms combines more than 57 kilograms of raw cannabis and more than 11 kilograms of dried cannabis, so the combined weight is a minimum.
The source does not distinguish how the harvested plants, seeds and flowers were counted, so no plant count is recorded.
The suspect is identified only by initials, S. S., and his age; no plea, charge sheet or court outcome was reported.
KoSSev gives no separate facts beyond the ministry statement; the two accounts are not independent.
The Kossev page carries one Interior Ministry photo; several further police photos exist on the ministry page but their subjects are not captioned.
The Palanka danas text gives no separate date for the search and arrest; 6 November 2026, when the Interior Ministry statement and this article were published, is used as the incident date.
The article does not say whether the raw cannabis was growing plants, cut plants or unprocessed material, so no plant count is recorded.
The article repeats the ministry statement and is not an independent account.
No plea, charge sheet or court outcome was reported.
Police in Zrenjanin arrested three people, one of them a Gendarmerie member, over an illegal indoor cannabis-growing laboratory and said they seized 81 plants and about 7.5 kilograms of dried marijuana. The three were held for 48 hours and were to be brought to the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Zrenjanin with a criminal complaint.
Police in Titel will file a criminal complaint against a 21-year-old man from Šajkaš, with the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Novi Sad, on suspicion of unlawfully keeping drugs. A search of his house found about 50 grams of a substance suspected to be marijuana and a digital scale, and the complaint is to be filed in the regular procedure.
Serbian police in Niš arrested a 21-year-old woman on suspicion of producing and selling drugs after a street check found 118 grams of suspected marijuana, a small amount of suspected cocaine, psychoactive tablets, cash and a scale. She was held for up to 48 hours and was to be taken to the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office with a criminal complaint.
Police in Kraljevo arrested a 54-year-old man on suspicion of producing and selling cannabis after searching his flat and other premises and finding about 40 kg of plant material, 21 kg of it fresh, along with growing equipment. The Interior Ministry announced the arrest on 21 October 2026; he was held for 48 hours and taken to the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office.
