Smuggling continues in the north

The smuggling of goods illegally introduced from Serbia to Kosovo has not yet disappeared, despite an action Kosovo Police took in May. For this, Radio Kosovo has also provided the names of key smugglers in this part of the country. One of them even speaks exclusively of Radio Kosovo, how and with what intensity the smuggling of illegal goods develop.

Despite Kosovo Police action on May 28th against smuggling in the north, smuggling in this part of the country is continuing, even with very low intensity.

Radio sources say smuggling runs through illegal routes, Sharpel in Leposavic, and Tresawa, meanwhile, towards the part of Zubin Potok through the Banja Village. Mainly, trucks roll around from 8 p.m.

One of the networks smugglers in the north under the condition of anonymity tells Radio Kosovo that the intensity of smuggling with various goods has dropped significantly compared to the time before Kosovo Police action in May of this year. According to him within the day now in the north from Serbia, about 15 vehicles with different goods can enter illegally. He lets it be known that once with illegal goods flowed millions of euros through these roads.

It's now very small intensity, very little workable. We have to manage because here we live, how we can and how to know, even with you it works a little like us. Before the police asceon was catastrophic, there was private police here, as far as the border police were concerned, we had no problem. And as for the North Region and the Communications Police, we never had any problems, people have worked their jobs. The main man was Radosavljevic with his team, and if he were not he would not come to work here”.

Radio Kosovo has provided a documentation with the names of smugglers currently operating in the north, which are:

Srdjan Vullovic, who is known as Gene as the most important of the smuggling network, a man close to Milan Radojcicin.

Darko Davic, known by the nickname Gjavo by Leposavici, who carried out illegal smuggling activity via Sharpel Street in Leposavic.

Alexander Dimitrijevic of Leposavici.

Dragan Deniz and Rados Petorovic as close to Milan Radojic as well.

Milan and Milojko Radisavljevic, known as Babudovci, who operate in Zubin Potok.

All of these, according to sources, result in being linked to police in the north, since the change commander, the border police decide at points where the next smuggling will not pass.

The smuggling takes place mainly in Tresawa (where there are no patrols) and Leposavici's Sharpel.

And to Zubin Potok's section through the village of Banje. From the illegal roads of the northern part, part of these goods enter the south of Mitrovica as in Ceraj, Bistrica, Qaber to disperse throughout the country's territory.

Radio Kosovo has also secured documentation in which smugglers have seen their way through, where they have kept their merchandise and how they have distributed it.

In one of its surveys, seven high risk locations, located in northern Kosovo, have been observed and connected with smuggling goods. The links are like on this map.

At the location, in the town of Zubin Potok, on “Colasinski Knezawa” allegedly the person Dragoslav I GRUTINOVIC, born in Zubin Potok, stores smuggled drinks and temporarily houses living items as well as smuggled. At this location, Dragoslav I GRUTINOVIC has automobiles parked that you use for smuggling. During the survey, in addition to Dragoslav's home, another house has been identified in which several vehicles (kalines) have been spotted, which are used for smuggling of living cattle and beverages. The same vehicles (Kaminoa) are used by Dragoslav and his associates.

Meanwhile, three houses of people involved in smuggling, the house near which trucks were parked, the home of Drogoslav Igrutinovic.

The right-hand house is Dragoslav Igrutinovic's, while the house on the left is Radoslav Igrutinovic's ( Dragoslav's version), in which vehicles used for smuggling goods are parked.

A man's house (for the moment unknown) in which vehicles are parked used for smuggling goods.

These documents also reveal the local (caaf) where smugglers use it as a meeting point and observe the way the next smuggling will pass.

Unlike Kosovo Police action in May of this year, 24 people -- including 6 Albanians and a Russian -- were arrested.