Balkan police seize drugs, charge traffickers and impose fines across region

In Croatia, a 28‑year‑old woman in Prelog was fined €300 after voluntarily handing over 0.30 g of cannabis, a penalty well below the statutory minimum. In Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a man was arrested after voluntarily surrendering two PVC packets suspected of containing cannabis and amphetamine‑type substances.

Croatian anti‑organised crime office USKOK indicted a 26‑year‑old dual citizen of Croatia and Serbia for trafficking 3.5 kg of cocaine from Hungary through Bosnia and Herzegovina into Croatia, alleging payments of at least €5,000 and a seizure of Hungarian forints.

Police operations in the Zenica‑Doboj canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina resulted in the seizure of nearly 283 g of a substance identified as an illicit drug, the confiscation of a digital scale and a mobile phone, and the arrest of two suspects in Zenica and Visoko.

In Montenegro, courts processing offences during the four‑day Exit music festival in Ulcinj issued fines totalling €38,465 to 72 individuals, the majority of whom were foreign nationals, for traffic violations, drug‑related offences and public order breaches.

Serbian police reported a large‑scale operation in Ulcinj, arresting 23 people and sanctioning over 300 drivers, though details were not provided.

Croatian state prosecutors in Rijeka filed charges against three men for the February assault on a 16‑year‑old boy, describing the attack as an attempted homicide and also charging them with attempted grievous bodily harm to a second victim.

In Čakovec, Croatia, police linked a shooting incident to extensive drug finds, including more than a kilogram of marijuana, synthetic cannabinoids, and cocaine, as well as ammunition, after a 42‑year‑old suspect was implicated in multiple violent crimes.