{"id":60446,"date":"2023-09-23T10:15:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T08:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=60446"},"modified":"2023-09-23T10:15:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T08:15:30","slug":"serbian-citizens-suspected-of-opening-tunnel-at-montenegrin-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/serbian-citizens-suspected-of-opening-tunnel-at-montenegrin-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Serbian citizens suspected of opening tunnel at Montenegrin court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An underground tunnel, measuring approximately 30 meters in length and leading to the Supreme Court\u2019s storage facility in Podgorica, has been primarily linked to Serbian citizens, according to Montenegro\u2019s Minister of Interior Filip Ad\u017ei\u0107.<\/p>\n<p>During a press conference held on September 22, Ad\u017ei\u0107 revealed that the individuals involved in the criminal activity were Veljko Markovi\u0107 (32 years old), Milan Markovi\u0107 (53 years old), Dejan Jovanovi\u0107 (30 years old), and Vladimir Eri\u0107 (32 years old), all of whom are Serbian nationals. They received assistance from individuals in Montenegro.<\/p>\n<p>Ad\u017ei\u0107 even displayed photographs of these individuals to the attending journalists.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60448\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60448\" style=\"width: 1227px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60448\" src=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ministri.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1227\" height=\"908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ministri.jpg 1227w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ministri-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ministri-1024x758.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ministri-768x568.jpg 768w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ministri-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ministri-485x360.jpg 485w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ministri-696x515.jpg 696w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ministri-1068x790.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1227px) 100vw, 1227px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interior Minister Filip Ad\u017ei\u0107 holds a photograph of the suspect Vladimir Eri\u0107, implicated in the excavation of the tunnel beneath the Supreme Court. Photo courtesy: Aleksandar Ljumovi\u0107 (RFE\/RL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The underground tunnel, which spans 30 meters, was discovered on September 11. It connected from the basement of an apartment located in central Podgorica to the storage facility of the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>Upon investigation, the police found the apartment on \u201cNjego\u0161eva\u201d Street in central Podgorica to be vacant. It was revealed that the apartment had been leased to individuals who had used forged documents.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court\u2019s storage facility, aside from containing legal case files, including evidence of various criminal activities, also held approximately nine and a half tons of confiscated narcotics. This included around two tons of cocaine and roughly seven tons of marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>Ad\u017ei\u0107 mentioned that a lawsuit has been filed against two unidentified individuals.<\/p>\n<p>All of the suspects had left Montenegro in small groups on September 11, the same day the looting of the storage facility was discovered. This swift departure prevented their immediate arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Ad\u017ei\u0107 stated, \u201cThere is a connection between this organization and an individual from the Supreme Court, as well as individuals currently in the Administration for the Enforcement of Sanctions, who are associated with one of the criminal organizations in the country\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the identified individuals have prior criminal records, both in Montenegro and in other countries. Ad\u017ei\u0107 added that the authorities have leads that point directly to the culprits.<\/p>\n<p>Given that these individuals are not from Montenegro, Ad\u017ei\u0107 emphasized the importance of their apprehension through regional cooperation with state services.<\/p>\n<p>He also noted that at least five other individuals were involved in the criminal activity, providing logistical support or other forms of assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Ad\u017ei\u0107 also presented a photograph of a woman connected to the case, identifying her as a Montenegrin citizen. It remains unknown whether she has left the country.<\/p>\n<p>The authorities have leads that could bring to the identification of the main culprits, and further investigative actions will determine whether the individual from the Supreme Court was an active participant in the criminal organization or simply had associations with it.<\/p>\n<p>Ad\u017ei\u0107 clarified that he has no intention of requesting the resignation of the Supreme Court Chief, Boris Savi\u0107.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have information that Savi\u0107 had access to the storage facility keys and was expected to be familiar with everyone who had access. Additional investigations will reveal the extent of his involvement. There is currently no evidence linking Savi\u0107 to these criminal activities,\u201d he emphasized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An underground tunnel, measuring approximately 30 meters in length and leading to the Supreme Court\u2019s storage facility in Podgorica, has been primarily linked to Serbian citizens, according to Montenegro\u2019s Minister of Interior Filip Ad\u017ei\u0107. During a press conference held on September 22, Ad\u017ei\u0107 revealed that the individuals involved in the criminal activity were Veljko Markovi\u0107 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":60447,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[243,151,460,1959,301,3353,4206],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Serbian citizens suspected of opening tunnel at Montenegrin court - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/serbian-citizens-suspected-of-opening-tunnel-at-montenegrin-court\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Serbian citizens suspected of opening tunnel at Montenegrin court - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An underground tunnel, measuring approximately 30 meters in length and leading to the Supreme Court\u2019s storage facility in Podgorica, has been primarily linked to Serbian citizens, according to Montenegro\u2019s Minister of Interior Filip Ad\u017ei\u0107. 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