Arrested for purchasing Serbian real estate with funds from the sale of drugs and weapons earned in Denmark.

The police in Serbia have arrested three members of an organized crime group who illegally earned around 2.6 million euros from drug and arms trafficking in Denmark and spent this money on purchasing real estate in Serbia. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), which added that the organizer P. D. and group members J. P.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs also reported that criminal complaints have been filed against two men who are in custody in Denmark, suspected of organizing a criminal group, as well as against a woman who is currently abroad, suspected of being affiliated with the group.

It is suspected that this organized crime group organized the purchase, transportation, and sale of about 770 kilograms of drugs, mainly cocaine, in Denmark from 2019 to March 2021, as well as the purchase, storage, transfer, and sale of a large quantity of firearms of various types and calibers, as well as ammunition. Thus, they allegedly obtained illegal property benefits amounting to approximately 2,667,000 euros, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

“With the money obtained in this way, distorting the facts about its origin, the suspects purchased and built real estate in Serbia, as well as financed a luxurious lifestyle,” the statement said. It was added that the suspects owned recently acquired property worth approximately 2,217,000 euros, knowing that this property was obtained through criminal activity.

During the search of the apartments and other premises used by the suspects, significant amounts of jewelry, luxury watches, works of art, antiques, cash in various currencies, gold bars, weapons, business documents, and other luxury items were discovered and seized, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.

The preliminary investigation was conducted in collaboration with the competent authorities of Denmark, and the suspects were brought to the appropriate prosecutorial institution with a criminal complaint.