Dejan Lazarevic

In the Special Court in Belgrade, yesterday the trial of the members of the organized criminal group continued with the interrogation of the defendant-collaborator Srdjan Lali.

In addition to Saric and lawyer Dejan Lazarevic, Uros Misic was also questioned.
As "Novosti" previously learned, the Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime (TOK) issued an order to launch a new investigation against Darko Saric.

Darko Saric, allegedly a major Serbian drugs trafficker, was arrested on Thursday morning at his wife's villa in Belgrade's upmarket suburb of Senjak as part of an international operation coordinated by EUROPOL and EUROJUST, the EU's agencies for law enforcement and criminal justice cooperation.

A statement from the Ministry of the Interior reads that, in addition to ari, 5 other people were arrested, who are suspected of being members of an organized criminal group.

Serbia's Supreme Court of Cassation on Tuesday revoked the final verdict against Darko Saric and other convicts for cocaine smuggling because of procedural oversight, and returned the case to the Court of Appeals. The court did not question the evidence on the basis of which Saric was convicted.

PM and interior minister visit on duty firefighters

BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic visited one hour after midnight on Thursday the Fire Brigade in Belgrade.

Accompanied by Police Director Milorad Veljovic, they wished firefighters a happy new year, and saw that the night was passing peacefully.

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BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Thrusday the floods in Serbia had claimed 25 lives.

Autopsies have determined that 24 people drowned, including firefighter Dejan Lazarevic, Vucic told the members of the parliament.

One person died in a landslide and another 26 who lost their lives in the flooded areas died of natural causes.

A hero fromTopola buried

Dejan Lazarevic (44) a fireman who lost his life saving lives of others was buried in Topola yesterday.

By his grave, all in tears there were his father Miroslav, mother Gorica, wife Dragana, son Nikola and daughter Nikolina.