{"id":323602,"date":"2026-01-31T18:11:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T10:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=323602"},"modified":"2026-01-31T18:11:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T10:11:53","slug":"serbian-police-seizes-five-tons-of-cannabis-assault-rifles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=323602","title":{"rendered":"Serbian police seizes five tons of cannabis, assault rifles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table aligncenter\"><table><tbody><tr><td><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/395\/39588902.jpg\" width=\"600\" alt=\"File photo of wrapped cannabis\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption><strong><em>File photo of wrapped cannabis<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>BELGRADE, Jan 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Serbian police have seized five tons of marijuana, the biggest such catch in the country so far, after raiding a small agricultural and trade company in a village in central Serbia, Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said.<br><br>They have arrested two people but one suspect remains at large, he said.<br><br>&#8220;This is a record catch,&#8221; Dacic said in a statement, adding that police had also seized four assault rifles and an anti-tank rocket launcher.<br><br>Cannabis production remains illegal in Serbia, although activists are promoting its legalisation for medicinal use.<br><br>Dacic said the investigation would ascertain the origin of the cannabis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"article-123\">Serbia, which wants to join the European Union, has stepped up efforts against drug trafficking and production in recent years. Most drugs reach Serbia from the Middle East and Latin America. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File photo of wrapped cannabis BELGRADE, Jan 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Serbian police have seized five tons of marijuana, the biggest such catch in the country so far, after raiding a small agricultural and trade company in a village in central Serbia, Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said. They have arrested two people but one suspect remains [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":323603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208,209,217],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323602"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=323602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323604,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323602\/revisions\/323604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/323603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=323602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=323602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=323602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}