Tag: cocaine
Macedonia 16.01.20 | 16:53

Actress Silvija Stojanovska, charged with helping a huge cocaine submarine transport to the UK, ordered to remain in house arrest

The Skopje court extended the house arrest order against actress Silvija Stojanovska, who is charged with a huge transport of cocaine from Columbia to the United Kingdom, using a submarine. Stojanovska was arrested almost a month ago and ordered into house arrest, while her partner Voislav Budisavlevic...

Macedonia 02.01.20 | 16:52

Cocaine has never been cheaper in Skopje, the capital has become a hotbed of dealers

The state’s capital is flooded with cocaine, making its price on the street market never lower, police sources told “NetPress”. According to the sources, along with the huge amount of cocaine throughout Skopje, the network of dealers “on a small scale” is expanding. And...

Macedonia 27.12.19 | 10:43

Macedonian drug gang was selling heroin and cocaine in Austria and Serbia

A group Macedonian citizens were responsible for organizing the heroin and cocaine transports that were seized over the past month in several raids. One of the drug seizures occurred in Austria in late November, where two Macedonian citizens were caught transporting five kilograms of very potent heroin...

Macedonia 24.12.19 | 12:11

MoI gives details on the drug bust that seized 700 kg of cocaine, in which actress Stojanovska is involved

The Interior Ministry has released details and a video of the mass crackdown on 700kg of cocaine, in which Macedonian actress Silvija Stojanovska and her husband were arrested. MoI says Stojanovska is part of a cocaine smuggling group from Colombia to Spain, whose leader and organizer was her husband...

Macedonia 21.12.19 | 12:26

Silvija Stojanovska was not involved in the cocaine submarine transport, her daughter claims

Jana Stojanovska, daughter of actress Silvija Stojanvoska who is now charged with assisting the shipment of three tons of cocaine destined for the UK, insists that her mother is innocent, but that she can’t say the same about her partner. The mastermind of the cocaine shipment, which was found...

Macedonia 20.12.19 | 19:35

Actress Sivlija Stojanovska reportedly did logistics for the huge cocaine submarine transport seized near Spain

More details are surfacing in the shocking news that Macedonian actress Silvija Stojanovska, widow of beloved actor Nenad Stojanovski and mother of their also actor daughters Ana and Jana, was charged with helping smuggle a huge quantity of cocaine into Europe. It’s still not clear what precise...

Macedonia 07.12.19 | 13:01

Three smugglers caught trying to bring a kilo of cocaine from Switzerland to Macedonia

A group of three men were arrested yesterday while transporting nearly a kilogram of cocaine from Switzerland to Macedonia. One of the smugglers lives in Switzerland where he procured 900 grams of cocaine, packed them in the spare tire of his car and headed toward Macedonia. After his communication with...

World 13.11.19 | 19:08

Ton of cocaine washed ashore in France

In the one month since mid-October, when the first small and strange, black packages appeared on the Atlantic coast of France, more than a tonne of cocaine has been washed ashore. Authorities have launched an investigation to find out where the huge amount of particularly pure cocaine (83 per cent purity)...

Macedonia 03.08.19 | 15:35

Police seize cocaine and marijuana during several checks at the Tetovo – Gostivar highway

Gostivar police conducted drug controls on the Tetovo – Gostivar highway on Thursday and Friday evening, and arrested eight people carrying cocaine and marijuana. Two men from the village of Gradec near Gostivar were caught carrying cocaine in their vehicle on Thursday. On Friday, the police conducted...

Macedonia 20.07.19 | 18:41

Retired UBK agent caught transporting cocaine and marijuana with his son near Ohrid

A retired employee of the UBK state security agency and his 31 year old son were arrested as they were smuggling 50 kilograms of marijuana and 50 grams of cocaine near Ohrid. The two men from Struga were hiding the drugs in the trunk of their car, which was stopped on the road between Ohrid and the monastery...

Macedonia 30.05.19 | 11:04

Pavle Bogoevski says he can’t prove the drug he was purchasing was cannabis oil

SDSM member of Parliament Pavle Bogoevski said that he can’t prove the illegal substance he was recorded buying from his dealer is cannabis oil. It is widely assumed that Bogoevski was buying cocaine, given the price, quantity and “preparation method” being discussed in the recording....

Macedonia 22.05.19 | 13:36

While Zaev protects him from drug charges, Bogoevski should be held responsible for tax evasion as well

With state prosecutors adamant that they won’t prosecute SDSM member of Parliament Pavle Bogoevski over his drug use, the Expres news site called out the Internal revenue service (UJP) to look into the tax evasion aspect of the scandal. Bogoevski was recorded while speaking to his dealer on the...

Macedonia 18.05.19 | 00:00

Interior Minister Spasovski says the police will investigate Bogoevski’s cocaine purchase, eventually

Even as state prosecutors wash their hands off of the revelation that powerful SDSM member of Parliament and leader of the “Colored Revolution” Pavle Bogoevski has recently purchased cocaine, Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski said that the police will eventually get to investigate the case. It...

Macedonia 17.05.19 | 18:33

Xhaferi wants to protect the members of Parliament from mandatory drug tests

Talat Xhaferi dismissed the growing calls to have members of the Macedonian Parliament tested for drugs use. The calls are growing after one of the top SDSM members of Parliament Pavle Bogoevski was secretly recorded ordering what appears to have been cocaine from his dealer. According to the law, there...

Macedonia 16.05.19 | 23:59

Prosecutors cover for the SDSM member of Parliament – will investigate the person who recorded him, but won’t look into his drug use

State prosecutors refused to begin an investigation into Pavle Bogoevski’s drug use today. The SDSM member of Parliament and former leader of the “Colored Revolution” went to the police to report himself, for what he claims was his attempt to purchase cannabis oil. It was a forced move...

Macedonia 16.05.19 | 16:36

SDSM officials and Colored Revolution activists are now divided on the issue of accountability after one of their own is recorded buying cocaine

The recording revealing SDSM member of Parliament and former Colored Revolution leader Pavle Bogoevski ordering cocaine, and his attempted defense where he claimed he was buying cannabis oil, divided his supporters. Some are calling for him to show the same level of accountability he requests from the...

Macedonia 15.05.19 | 21:19

Bogoevski reports himself to the police: Cocaine traces remain the longest in the hair

After the audio recordings were posted online on Tuesday, Pavel Bogoevski reported himself to the police because the author of the leaked recordings claims that the MP was ordering cocaine on the phone. Earlier today Bogoevski took to his social media account to defend himself, insisting that he was...

Macedonia 15.05.19 | 15:25

After a leaked tape scandal, SDSM member of Parliament Pavle Bogoevski claims he was purchasing cannabis oil, not cocaine

A secretly recorded conversation reveals SDSM member of Parliament Pavle Bogoevski in what appears to be him purchasing cocaine. The recording was posted online by a secretive account who already posted several compromising conversations of SDSM officials. In the latest recording, Bogoevski is discussing...

Macedonia 11.05.19 | 11:00

Cocaine gang was arrested after ringleader tried to flee the country

The Interior Ministry identified the cocaine dealers arrested yesterday as four men aged 19 to 41, from the village of Aracinovo, and the Cair and Cento areas of Skopje. They were subject to an investigation lasting three months, the police said, who were determined to deal significant quantities of...

Macedonia 10.05.19 | 14:47

MoI: Lawyers, directors, bankers and administration employees bought cocaine

A planned police operation against drug trafficking was carried out Thursday night on several locations in Skopje and on the territory of Macedonia. Drugs, money, weapons and other objects were found, three people were arrested, and one is wanted. Criminal charges will be brought against them. The Interior...

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