“Saudi citizens spying on Dodik”

Officials of the Bosnian State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) have arrested two Saudi Arabian citizens for spying on Milorad Dodik. Banja Luka's Nezavisne Novine daily writes that the two suspected spies were arrested on June 28. “Saudi citizens spying on Dodik” During interrogation, the two admitted to being members of the “sharia police” from Saudi Arabia, the daily reports. According to this, in Lukavac, near Sarajevo, they were monitoring the arrival of three helicopters carrying Dodik, the Republic of Srpska prime minister, as well as RS president, finance and interior ministers. The Saudi citizens were noticed by locals, who reported that "suspicious Arab persons driving a new, black Fiat 500". According to the newspaper, citizens called to report the suspicious car that was parked next to the police station where the helicopters were landing. The Eastern Sarajevo Center for Public Security acted on the tip, and after the two suspects were taken into custody, it was uncovered that they had arrived at the invitation of a man identified as Hilmija Kadric, "who is in constant contact with the director of a Saudi Arabian humanitarian organization". It was also uncovered that the two suspects arrived in Bosnia on June 27, and when asked what they were video taping, they said that they were recording a “sour cherry tree, because they like the way it looked”. SIPA spokesperson Zeljka Kujundzija confirmed the arrest, but stated that the pair were released once their identities were confirmed, and that all the information in the case was given to the Bosnia-Herzegovina prosecution in order to confirm whether criminal acts were committed.

“Saudi citizens spying on Dodik”

During interrogation, the two admitted to being members of the “sharia police” from Saudi Arabia, the daily reports.

According to this, in Lukavac, near Sarajevo, they were monitoring the arrival of three helicopters carrying Dodik, the Republic of Srpska prime minister, as well as RS president, finance and interior ministers.

The Saudi citizens were noticed by locals, who reported that "suspicious Arab persons driving a new, black Fiat 500".

According to the newspaper, citizens called to report the suspicious car that was parked next to the police station where the helicopters were landing.

The Eastern Sarajevo Center for Public Security acted on the tip, and after the two suspects were taken into custody, it was uncovered that they had arrived at the invitation of a man identified as Hilmija Kadrić, "who is in constant contact with the director of a Saudi Arabian humanitarian organization".

It was also uncovered that the two suspects arrived in Bosnia on June 27, and when asked what they were video taping, they said that they were recording a “sour cherry tree, because they like the way it looked”.

SIPA spokesperson Željka Kujundžija confirmed the arrest, but stated that the pair were released once their identities were confirmed, and that all the information in the case was given to the Bosnia-Herzegovina prosecution in order to confirm whether criminal acts were committed.