Border police seize 13.8 kg of cannabis on the A1 near Vrgorac
On the afternoon of 22 September 2026 Split-Dalmatia border police stopped a 26-year-old driver on the A1 near Vrgorac, searched two sports bags in the boot and seized 20 packages weighing 13 kg 848 g of cannabis intended for unauthorised resale; he was jailed pending investigation.
Border police from the Vrgorac station stopped a 26-year-old Croatian man driving on the A1 motorway
on Tuesday 22 September 2026 after spotting two suspicious sports bags in the boot of his car.[1][2]They moved the vehicle to the station, obtained a search warrant and found 20 packages of cannabis
weighing 13 kilogrammes and 848 grammes.[1][2]
Police said the drug was intended for further unauthorised sale.[1][2]The man was arrested,
questioned and handed to a custody officer with a criminal complaint for unauthorised production
and trafficking in drugs.[1][2]
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In mid-October 2026 Sisak-Moslavina police searched three addresses used by a 47-year-old near Kutina, seizing 2,753 g of cannabis, indoor grow equipment and an automatic rifle with 514 rounds; he was jailed for one month pending investigation.
On 30 September 2025 Zagreb County police searched a house and yard in Dugo Selo, finding two improvised cannabis laboratories with 132 plants, 225 grams of processed cannabis, scales and packing material, and handed a 44-year-old Bosnian citizen to a pre-trial judge after filing drug charges.
Primorje-Gorski Kotar drug police searched four men aged 44 to 60 across Liburnija on 14 May 2025, seizing 149 cannabis plants and about 7.3 kilograms of marijuana; a judge later ordered all four held in pre-trial detention.
Croatian-led Operation NANA seized 150 kg of marijuana and over 100 kg of cocaine from a scrap-metal container at Rijeka port on 8 March 2018. Nine suspects were arrested across four European countries in the joint action against the Balkan cartel network.
