They are charged with criminal offenses of criminal association, unauthorized production and trafficking of drugs within a criminal association, unauthorized production and trafficking of drugs, and incitement to endanger life and property through a generally dangerous act or means.
The indictment charges defendants I and II with, from June 2020 to June 2021, in the territories of Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the aim of obtaining unlawful material gain for themselves and others through the continuous acquisition of heroin, cocaine, hashish, and cannabis drugs, as well as the transport, storage, and further resale of drugs on the illegal narcotics market, in accordance with an agreement, linking other accused persons, as well as several other currently unknown individuals, into joint action.
Subsequently, within the framework of the agreed plan, they carried out their assigned tasks to achieve the goal of the criminal association by establishing the entire procurement and distribution chain of the drug trade.
Thus, defendants I and II arranged for the procurement, transport, and delivery of heroin, cocaine, hashish, and cannabis drug known as "skunk," amphetamine, and MDMA drugs, which were delivered to Croatia by currently unknown persons according to their instructions for further resale. After delivery, the drugs were hidden and stored by defendants I, III, and VIII, after which the other accused, according to their roles and instructions, would take them, package them, and collect money from the purchased drugs.
In this process, defendant XI transported the drugs in private vehicles for pre-agreed amounts ranging from 150.00 to 1,400.00 euros for further resale on the illegal narcotics market, according to the instructions of defendant I to customers (defendants IV to VII), and according to the instructions of defendant II to customers (defendants XII to XIV, XVI to XXIV), while defendant XI, after delivering the drugs to customers, also upon the instruction of defendant II, collected money from them and handed it over to defendant XV, who used part of the money obtained from drug sales to pay suppliers.
In this manner, at least seven kilograms and 550 grams of cocaine, 26 kilograms and 400 grams of heroin, 10 kilograms and 500 grams of amphetamine, 409 kilograms of cannabis drugs, 83 kilograms of so-called "skunk," seven kilograms of hashish, and 6,500 MDMA tablets were procured and resold, thereby obtaining unlawful material gain of at least 1,773,400.00 euros, which they divided among themselves according to their roles.
In addition, defendant II is charged with, from January 25, 2021, to February 24, 2021, in Zapreลกiฤ, with the aim of causing a fire, repeatedly requesting a currently unknown person to set fire to a vehicle used by an individual due to a conflict with that person.
The unknown person agreed to defendant II's request and, on February 24, 2021, around 01:00, set fire to the mentioned vehicle in the parking area in front of the entrance to a residential building, knowing that the fire could spread to other parked vehicles, which indeed happened as the flames engulfed several other vehicles, while further spread of the fire to other parked vehicles and the residential building was prevented by the emergency intervention of firefighters.
Additionally, defendant XI is charged with, on an undetermined day, no later than December 21, 2021, in Rijeka, with the aim of obtaining unlawful material gain, selling at least 8 packages of cannabis drugs with a total weight of 6.48 kilograms to one person, which drugs were found with that person on December 22, 2021.