2 elderly men arrested with 5 kilos of drugs in Uzice: Police discovered stashes in a car and in an apartment

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Members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Uzice have arrested M.M. (73) and R.U. (68) from Uzice, on suspicion that they committed the criminal acts of unauthorized production and distribution of narcotic drugs and illegal sale of excise goods, according to a statement.

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"The police found 13 packages with about 5.2 kilograms of sa ubstance suspected to be marijuana, at the gas station in Zlatibor, in a Dacia Logan driven by M.M., while R.U. is suspected of having procured this substance and then organized the transport. While searching M.M.'s apartment, a small amount of pills from the list of psychoactive substances, about 28 kilograms of cut tobacco, 364 hand-made cigarettes, as well as a scale for precise measurement and an electric device for filling cigarettes were also ound," the Ministry of Internal Affairs told RINA.

The police found four bags with about 20 kilograms of cut tobacco, 59 counterfeit empty packs of Bond cigarettes and more than 3,000 printed materials for making packaging of this brand of cigarettes, as well as 282 counterfeit excise stamps in R.U.'s apartment.

The suspects have been detained for up to 48 hours, and will be brought to the competent prosecutor's office with a criminal complaint.

(Telegraf.rs)