MUP AND BIA CARRY OUT BIG OPERATION: Teenager arrested in Belgrade for trying to extort 2 million euros!

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Members of the Ministry of the Interior (MUP) have arrested a 17-year-old in Belgrade on suspicion of committing the crime of extortion.

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According to a statement, the operation was carried out by members of the UKP (Criminal Police Directorate), the unit's Service for Combating Organized Crime, in cooperation with the Crime Suppression Service, the Directorate for Technology of the Police Administration for the City of Belgrade, as well as BIA, the domestic intelligence agency.

These law enforcement agencies acted by order of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade.

"The minor is suspected of, together with other persons, participating in an attempt to extort 2 million euros from owners of several businesses in the territory of Belgrade," the MUP said in the statement.

After the minor was questioned, the pre-trial judge ordered that he be detained for up to 30 days.

Further investigation should establish all the circumstances of this case, as well as the roles of other persons linked to the extortion attempts.

(Telegraf.rs)