Albanian among 11 Accused for Illegal Drugs, Guns Trade by Montenegro

Montenegrin Special Prosecutor's Office, SDT, has filed an indictment against a group of 11 members for drug trafficking, weapons and ordering a murder.

According to foreign media, the prosecution claims that the group was formed by Milan Jankovi? from Barani and Toni Juncaj from Tuzi. They are suspected of drug trafficking, the creation of a criminal organization and arms trafficking, while Milan Milovi? from Sutomore is also accused of aggravated murder with incitement.

In addition to Jankovic, Juncaj and Milovic, according to the SDT's suspicions, Darko Vukcevic from Podgorica, who is serving a sentence, and his fellow citizen Bozhidar Vukcevic, then Sldajan Gjinovic and Spasoje Zlaticanin from Zeta, Alen ?olevic from Tuza, Filip Krstonijevi? from Tuza, Anton Ljuc?onaj from Podgorica as well as the Albanian citizen Nikolino Pepaj and other unknown persons.

According to the indictment, during the years 2021 and 2022, the defendants Jankovic and Juncaj organized a criminal organization in the territory of Montenegro, Albania, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Austria and the Netherlands.

Indictment states that the activity of the criminal organization is planned for a long time and on an international scale. SDT accuses the group of recruiting other members of the criminal organization, organizing the transfer of marijuana from Montenegro to neighboring countries and further to EU member states.

According to the prosecution, this organization used phones with encrypted applications to communicate.

SDT also suspects that the group has contacted several people from Albania, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina for the purpose of trafficking marijuana, receiving encrypted mobile phones, providing money for drug purchases, providing funds to members of a criminal organization that they personally assigned and through other members to traffic marijuana from Montenegro to surrounding countries and EU countries.

Members of the criminal organization and other unknown persons, as stated in the indictment, in order to carry out the criminal plan, have agreed to perform tasks according to the orders of the organizers.

Also, one of the defendants is accused of having purchased 12 pistols of different brands and calibers in Tivar in May 2021 and a "Heckler & Koch" (HK), USP Compact model, unspecified caliber, without being provided with relevant documents for weapons.