90 KILOGRAMS OF MARIJUANA AND 200 KILOGRAMS OF CHOPPED INDIAN HEMP PLANTS FOUND IN TOPOLA

BELGRADE, NOVEMBER 13 /SRNA/ - Police seized around 90 kilograms of marijuana and 200 kilograms of chopped Indian hemp plants in the Topola area and arrested four people from Belgrade and Jagodina.

According to a statement from the Serbian Ministry of the Interior /MoI/, those arrested are M.M. /48/, N.R. /37/ and V.Đ. /40/ from Belgrade, and S.M. /57/ from Jagodina, while an intensive search is under way for another person.

In the Topola municipality, police searched an apartment and other premises used by the suspect who is currently being sought, where they found the arrested individuals and seized around 90 kilograms of a narcotic substance resembling marijuana, equipment for growing and processing the drug, as well as precision scales.

In addition, around 200 kilograms of chopped plants suspected to be psychoactive hemp were found and seized in a wooded area of the plot, not far from the premises.

The suspects have been ordered held in custody for up to 48 hours and will be brought before the prosecutor's office in Kragujevac.