{"id":945655,"date":"2026-03-24T15:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/?p=945655"},"modified":"2026-03-25T09:05:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T08:05:43","slug":"zavrseno-saslusanje-velasa-u-toku-saslusanje-popovica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/hronika\/zavrseno-saslusanje-velasa-u-toku-saslusanje-popovica\/","title":{"rendered":"Popovi\u0107 detained for up to 72 hours, Vela\u0161 released to defend himself at large"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\"A report was filed against \u010c.P. from Podgorica and the company \"C\u2026..\" doo from Podgorica for the continued criminal offense of constructing a facility without a report and the necessary documentation, in accordance with Article 326a of the Criminal Code of Montenegro. Also, a report was filed against VV from Herceg Novi on suspicion of abuse of official position (Article 416 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro). The suspects were deprived of their liberty on April 23, 2026 and brought for questioning by the competent state prosecutor on March 24. After the questioning, VV was not detained, while \u010c.P. was detained for up to 72 hours from the moment of deprivation of liberty,\" the Herceg Novi Public Prosecutor's Office announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hearing was conducted by a judge.&nbsp;<strong>Risto Stijovic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"921\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/gradski.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cedomir-Popovic-dolazak-na-saslusanje-foto-novski-portal.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-945663\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gradski.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cedomir-Popovic-dolazak-na-saslusanje-foto-novski-portal.webp 921w, https:\/\/gradski.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cedomir-Popovic-dolazak-na-saslusanje-foto-novski-portal-300x180.webp 300w, https:\/\/gradski.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cedomir-Popovic-dolazak-na-saslusanje-foto-novski-portal-768x460.webp 768w, https:\/\/gradski.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cedomir-Popovic-dolazak-na-saslusanje-foto-novski-portal-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 921px) 100vw, 921px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Popovi\u0107\/Photo: Novski portal<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, in Bao\u0161i\u0107i, work on the coast continued, as if nothing was happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-pg-tv wp-block-embed-pg-tv\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"UOYr1pPEEu\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/hronika\/uhapseni-cedomir-popovic-i-vladislav-velas-zbog-sumnje-na-nelegalnu-gradnju-u-baosicima\/\">\u010cedomir Popovi\u0107 and Vladislav Vela\u0161 arrested on suspicion of illegal construction in Bao\u0161i\u0107i<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&quot;\u010cedomir Popovi\u0107 and Vladislav Vela\u0161 arrested on suspicion of illegal construction in Bao\u0161i\u0107i&quot; \u2014 PG TV\" src=\"https:\/\/gradski.me\/hronika\/uhapseni-cedomir-popovic-i-vladislav-velas-zbog-sumnje-na-nelegalnu-gradnju-u-baosicima\/embed\/#?secret=bhLhLWUpit#?secret=UOYr1pPEEu\" data-secret=\"UOYr1pPEEu\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let us recall that it is suspected that Popovi\u0107 built without the necessary documentation, and that Vela\u0161 abused his official position and allowed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The police also reacted after the protector of property and legal interests of Montenegro a month ago<strong>&nbsp;Bojana Cirovic<\/strong>&nbsp;filed a criminal complaint \"against the builder without a permit and all employees in the system who signed the consents\" for filling the shoreline as part of the construction of the \"Carine\" hotel complex in Bao\u0161i\u0107i, in a zone under UNESCO protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_2581483\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cdm.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hotel-baosoci-radovi-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2581483\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Photo: Novski portal<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The owner of the Carine company, \u010cedomir Popovi\u0107, was ordered to be detained for up to 72 hours, while the Secretary for Urban Planning and Construction Inspection of the Municipality of Herceg Novi, Vladislav Vela\u0161, was released to defend himself at liberty, the decision was made after a hearing at the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Herceg Novi.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":945660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[19321,62,23031,28956],"naslovna":[],"class_list":["post-945655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hronika","tag-cedo-popovic","tag-herceg-novi","tag-odt-herceg-novi","tag-vladislav-velas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=945655"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":945726,"href":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945655\/revisions\/945726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/945660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=945655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=945655"},{"taxonomy":"naslovna","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradski.me\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naslovna?post=945655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}