A major police operation is currently underway in the areas of Skopje (specifically the Chair municipality), Tetovo, and Gevgelija, aimed at dismantling a criminal group suspected of smuggling and the illegal trade of medicines and supplements, as well as corruption-related offenses.
Initial, unofficial reports indicate that six individuals have been arrested, and a search is ongoing for several others (including employees of the Customs Administration). Police are conducting raids at more than ten locations across the aforementioned cities.
During searches of business premises in Skopje and Tetovo, police discovered a warehouse containing various medicines and an oil extraction machine.
The operation is being conducted by the Department for the Suppression of Organized Crime within the Public Security Bureau (Ministry of Interior), acting on suspicions of smuggling, infringement of industrial property rights, bribery (both giving and receiving), and money laundering.
