Kiosk in Montenegrin capital "sells heroin"

Heroin addicts in the Montenegrin capital of Podgorica are able to buy this illegal drug at a kiosk, according to a report in the local Vijesti newspaper. The kiosk is reportedly located in the Konik neighborhood, opposite the local health-care center. Kiosk in Montenegrin capital "sells heroin" In that way, addicts who receive their methadone therapy at the medical institution can apparently walk across the street and buy "cigarettes and heroin" at the kiosk. This is "not unknown to either current or former addicts", the daily said, quoting its anonymous sources. "The day you published the article about the existence of a dope house and kiosk in Konik, Podgorica was for a short while clean of drugs. Everyone got scared, withdrew, and it was simply impossible to buy heroin, because (police) raids were expected. Unfortunately, this didn't last long," one former addict was quoted as saying. The story was picked by local media after an email was sent on Sunday night to several addresses by a man who said he was the father of a drug addict. In it, he claimed that there was a kiosk in Podogorica that sold narcotics unimpeded, and that there was also a "dope house" in the neighborhood of Masline. The email was sent to the Interior Ministry, the Ministry of Justice, various NGOs and media, and to the EU delegation in Montenegro. The email also provided information about the owners of the house and the kiosk, addresses, and places where the drugs were kept, and asked whether Montenegro's Interior Ministry was "on the side of the citizens, or on the side of criminals and the 'dope house' trend." The author of the email also wondered why the police "failed to post an agent who, if they spent just one day monitoring it, would be able to collect enough evidence to shut down this house and arrest its tenants". However, Vijesti is reporting that the Police Directorate in Podgorica said that their checks thus far "have not confirmed the veracity of the allegations contained in the email". Tanjug

Kiosk in Montenegrin capital "sells heroin"

In that way, addicts who receive their methadone therapy at the medical institution can apparently walk across the street and buy "cigarettes and heroin" at the kiosk.

This is "not unknown to either current or former addicts", the daily said, quoting its anonymous sources.

"The day you published the article about the existence of a dope house and kiosk in Konik, Podgorica was for a short while clean of drugs. Everyone got scared, withdrew, and it was simply impossible to buy heroin, because (police) raids were expected. Unfortunately, this didn't last long," one former addict was quoted as saying.

The story was picked by local media after an email was sent on Sunday night to several addresses by a man who said he was the father of a drug addict. In it, he claimed that there was a kiosk in Podogorica that sold narcotics unimpeded, and that there was also a "dope house" in the neighborhood of Masline.

The email was sent to the Interior Ministry, the Ministry of Justice, various NGOs and media, and to the EU delegation in Montenegro.

The email also provided information about the owners of the house and the kiosk, addresses, and places where the drugs were kept, and asked whether Montenegro's Interior Ministry was "on the side of the citizens, or on the side of criminals and the 'dope house' trend."

The author of the email also wondered why the police "failed to post an agent who, if they spent just one day monitoring it, would be able to collect enough evidence to shut down this house and arrest its tenants".

However, Vijesti is reporting that the Police Directorate in Podgorica said that their checks thus far "have not confirmed the veracity of the allegations contained in the email".