Police chief: Opposition claims "lies"

Montenegrin Police Chief Veselin Veljović rejects opposition claims that Monday night's violence in Podgorica was provoked by a group of convicts from Spuž.

Izvor: Beta

Saturday, 18.10.2008.

13:07

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Montenegrin Police Chief Veselin Veljovic rejects opposition claims that Monday night's violence in Podgorica was provoked by a group of convicts from Spuz. "That’s an utter lie, nonsense and an outlandish claim. Lacking any arguments or proof, classic lies are being bandied about, precisely because of their own displeasure with the mood at that rally and the constant need to shift the blame and responsibility on to someone else,” Veljovic told Pogorica’s IN TV. Police chief: Opposition claims "lies" He added that the police had done all they could to uphold the peace and security of all those at the protest, including those were attacking police officers with stones, bottles, firecrackers and baseball bats. The police chief said that there was no Mafia in Montenegro, but that there were organized crime groups that the police was “successfully dealing with”. Veljovic said that there were no “untouchables” in Montenegro, adding that the police had taken legal steps against certain people “who considered themselves untouchable and have gained their reputation on that basis,” when there were grounds for doing so. He said that the police had no information of any people hiding in Montenegro wanted by Interpol. Speaking of the drug problem in Montenegro, the police chief said that in the first nine months of 2008, seven to ten times as much drugs had been seized compared to the same period last year, adding that this was not a result of increased trafficking, but more expeditious police work. “The amount of drugs in Montenegro isn’t increasing, nor are we growing them in Cemovski field, it’s coming through here, and we are successfully tackling the illegal trade,” said Veljovic. He added that the prosecution investigation—that he had ordered personally—had disproven claims that he had participated in the ethnic cleansing of Muslims from the village of Bukovic, as had been rumored in certain media circles. Monday's riots (Beta, archive)

Police chief: Opposition claims "lies"

He added that the police had done all they could to uphold the peace and security of all those at the protest, including those were attacking police officers with stones, bottles, firecrackers and baseball bats.

The police chief said that there was no Mafia in Montenegro, but that there were organized crime groups that the police was “successfully dealing with”.

Veljović said that there were no “untouchables” in Montenegro, adding that the police had taken legal steps against certain people “who considered themselves untouchable and have gained their reputation on that basis,” when there were grounds for doing so.

He said that the police had no information of any people hiding in Montenegro wanted by Interpol.

Speaking of the drug problem in Montenegro, the police chief said that in the first nine months of 2008, seven to ten times as much drugs had been seized compared to the same period last year, adding that this was not a result of increased trafficking, but more expeditious police work.

“The amount of drugs in Montenegro isn’t increasing, nor are we growing them in Ćemovski field, it’s coming through here, and we are successfully tackling the illegal trade,” said Veljović.

He added that the prosecution investigation—that he had ordered personally—had disproven claims that he had participated in the ethnic cleansing of Muslims from the village of Bukovic, as had been rumored in certain media circles.

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