Report: MUP nabs "one of region's most wanted"

Croatian media are reporting that Serbian police, MUP, have arrested "one of the most wanted criminals in southeastern Europe", Strahinja Raseta, 23. According to this, Raseta was detained in the night between Friday and Saturday. He was also wanted by Croatia's MUP. Report: MUP nabs "one of region's most wanted" A court in Split earlier issued a warrant for his arrest following a heist of the town's post office. Some 15 million local currency, kunas, were taken. Although it remains unclear whether Raseta was the organizer or merely the executor of the plan, Zagreb's Jutarnji List daily says, he is also wanted in connection to several murders and robberies committed in Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia. But, Croatian police said they had no official confirmation from their Serbian colleagues that the arrest indeed took place. Such information goes through Interpol, and usually takes several days, the reports add.

Report: MUP nabs "one of region's most wanted"

A court in Split earlier issued a warrant for his arrest following a heist of the town's post office. Some 15 million local currency, kunas, were taken.

Although it remains unclear whether Rašeta was the organizer or merely the executor of the plan, Zagreb's Jutarnji List daily says, he is also wanted in connection to several murders and robberies committed in Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia.

But, Croatian police said they had no official confirmation from their Serbian colleagues that the arrest indeed took place.

Such information goes through Interpol, and usually takes several days, the reports add.