Police in Podgorica arrested a man from Tuzi after finding more than 300 kilograms of cut tobacco worth about 27,000 euros during a border police operation, Montenegro’s police said. Officers of the Regional Centre of Border Police “Centre” carried out the action at night on the order of the state prosecutor in the Basic State Prosecutor’s Office in Podgorica. During the control in the Zbelj area in the municipality of Tuzi, police stopped a boat managed by J.P. (31) from Tuzi. Inside, officers found 19 larger PVC bags holding a total of 603 packs of cut tobacco, with each pack weighing 0.5 kilograms. The total mass was about 301.5 kilograms, valued at about 27,135 euros. Prosecutor’s instructions were followed after police informed the Basic State Prosecutor’s Office in Podgorica. Officers collected the necessary information and carried out other investigative steps. After the activities, the prosecutor ordered that J.P. be deprived of liberty on suspicion of the criminal offence of unauthorized trading. He will, with a criminal complaint, be taken to the competent prosecutor’s office in Podgorica.