Avast ye! Montenegro be launchin' an inquiry into a myst'rious tunnel beneath court depot stashin' booty! Arr!
2023-09-12
Arrr! The Montenegrin lads be on the hunt fer truth! They be investigatin' a secret passage betwixt an abode and a court depot. 'Tis said the tunnel be holdin' seized drugs and crime evidence! Shiver me timbers!
Police in Montenegro have launched an investigation after discovering an underground tunnel that connected an apartment building to a court depot holding seized drugs and other crime evidence. The tunnel was found at the Higher Court in Podgorica, the country's capital. It remains unclear why the tunnel was dug, as nothing appeared to have been taken away. The court depot contains evidence in ongoing cases as well as confiscated drugs.Montenegro, a small NATO member state on the Adriatic Sea, has been committed to fighting crime and corruption as it seeks to join the European Union. The country has been known as one of the main routes for drug smuggling into Western Europe. The discovery of the underground tunnel is being described as a well-planned and organized action that resembles something out of an action movie.
Photos from the scene show a large hole in the wall behind depot shelves holding case files. Media reports have drawn comparisons to movie-style prison escapes, such as the escape of former drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman from a Mexican prison in 2015.
The tunnel was found in a well-hidden place inside the depot, indicating that the perpetrators had been digging through the building's foundations for months. Although some items inside the depot were disturbed, very little appears to be missing.
In 2022, the former head of Montenegro's top court was arrested on charges of covering up her son's drug-smuggling operation. This recent discovery adds to the country's ongoing efforts to combat crime and corruption.