A 30-year-old man, D.K., was arrested in Pljevlja after police suspected he sold buprenorphine to a fellow resident. Police said the case was uncovered during activities aimed at spotting and preventing misuse of narcotics. On 15 October, officers learned that D.K. allegedly sold buprenorphine, a drug listed as an illegal narcotic, for a specific cash sum in Lovćenska Street in Pljevlja. Investigators from the Pljevlja Department of Security identified the suspect and moved to act after compiling information tied to the alleged deal. After reviewing the case file, the state prosecutor in the Higher State Prosecutor’s Office in Bijelo Polje ordered the man be placed under arrest. D.K. was taken into custody and charged based on allegations that his actions include elements of the criminal offence of unauthorized production, possession and placing on the market of narcotic drugs.