Investigative Judge of the Higher Court in Podgorica, Suzana Mugoša, ordered Monić to be detained because he is suspected of a criminal offense for which the law can impose a prison sentence of ten years or a more severe penalty and which is particularly serious due to the manner of commission or consequences.
Monić was arrested on Monday in Rožaje on the orders of the Special Prosecutor's Office, which informed the public this morning that it had initiated criminal proceedings against this suspect for the criminal offense of creating a criminal organization and smuggling more than four tons of cocaine.
– Acting on a criminal report from the Special Police Department, the Special State Prosecutor's Office issued an order to conduct an investigation and thus initiated criminal proceedings against the defendant HM, a citizen of Montenegro and the Netherlands, for the criminal offense of creating a criminal organization and five criminal offenses of unauthorized production, possession and distribution of narcotic drugs, the subject of which is the smuggling of a total of 4,168 kg of cocaine from South America to Western Europe – the SDT specified.
Monić is accused of being part of a criminal organization led by fugitive police officer Ljubo Milović and Mileta Ojdanić.
The SDT has also identified Ivan Stamatović, Nebojša Bugarin, Petar Lazović, Milan Popović, Božidar Jabučanin, Miloš Mišurović, Aleksandar Keković, Vladimir Bajčeta, Goran Stojanović, Dražen Milović, Filip Zindović, Ivan Nikolić, Tihomir Adžić, Marko Novaković, Dejan Knežević, Milo Božović, Bojan Ojdanić, Radovan Perović, Vjekoslav Lambulić, Vukašin Vojinović, Aleksandar Mijajlović, Vuk and Vlado Banićević as members of this criminal organization.
The SDT said that Monić, together with certain other members of the criminal group, during 2019 and 2020, illegally transported 500 kilograms of cocaine from Ecuador to Germany, 793 and 846 kilograms of cocaine from Ecuador to the Netherlands, and 1,044.71 and 985 kilograms of cocaine from Ecuador to Belgium for sale.
