Police arrest legendary Red Star figure

Serbian police (MUP) have today in Belgrade arrested Dragan Dzajic, B92 has learned. Beside the former Red Star FC and national team legend, and subsequently the club's president, two other Red Star executives, Vladimir Cvetkovic and Milos Markinkovic, were also detained. Police arrest legendary Red Star figure The three will be detained for the next 48 hours, Beta news agency has reported. Dzajic currently holds the post of vice-president of the Serbian football association, FSS. The charges against them include abuse of office and forging of official ID, which enabled them to make illegal gains of EUR 5mn in player transfers, our MUP sources said earlier. The transfer in question has now been identified as the 2001 move of striker Goran Drulic to the Spanish Primera club Zaragoza. Drulic recently started court proceedings against his former club, claiming that he never received his share of the transfer money. He recently also gave a statement to the police on the same subject. The FSS will hold a news conference shortly. The association's president, Zvezdan Terzic, left the country yesterday in what is described as a "business trip to the United States." More arrest photos here. The three former Red Star officials arrested (Photo courtesy of MUP)

Police arrest legendary Red Star figure

The three will be detained for the next 48 hours, Beta news agency has reported.

Džajić currently holds the post of vice-president of the Serbian football association, FSS.

The charges against them include abuse of office and forging of official ID, which enabled them to make illegal gains of EUR 5mn in player transfers, our MUP sources said earlier.

The transfer in question has now been identified as the 2001 move of striker Goran Drulić to the Spanish Primera club Zaragoza.

Drulić recently started court proceedings against his former club, claiming that he never received his share of the transfer money. He recently also gave a statement to the police on the same subject.

The FSS will hold a news conference shortly. The association's president, Zvezdan Terzić, left the country yesterday in what is described as a "business trip to the United States."

More arrest photos here.