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July 17, 2021 – 22:19

Dutch authorities seized three tonnes of cocaine this Saturday.

The quantity of drugs was found inside a container with bananas in the port of Rotterdam. The cocaine was shipped from Ecuador and as the final destination, it is suspected that it had Basel, Switzerland. This operation is considered one of the largest ever carried out by this port.

It is worth mentioning that even in March, the port officials confiscated 4 tons of drugs hidden in a container, even then, the departure was made from Ecuador.

The media write that if the drug were put on the market, its value would be around 250 million euros. / balkanweb

Jorgovanka Tabaković, as a guest on the show Oko ekonomije, stated that 36.3 tons of gold guarantee security to the state, but also to everyone who wants to work with the state.

“Today, Serbia has 36.3 tons of gold. In 2019, we bought nine tons of gold, we bought gold abroad for the first time, when no one even expected it to happen. And then in 2020 we bought more three tons of gold, and in 2012 we inherited 15.3 tons of gold “, states Tabaković.

He points out that the reserves of 36.3 tons of gold provide security for both citizens and investors.

“Today, all 36.3 tons of gold are in the vault of the National Bank of Serbia, they are not abroad. Those 12 tons of purchased gold are in Serbia and they give security to citizens and investors that Serbia takes care of its long-term interest, keeps foreign exchange reserves. in one part, we have increased gold from six percent to 12 percent, the share of total foreign exchange reserves that it does not spend – those foreign exchange reserves do not spend, “explains Tabaković.

He explains that the NBS does not make any decisions hastily and recklessly, and that the moment of buying gold was carefully chosen.

“We worked very deliberately on that policy and chose the moment of buying gold and agreed with the president on how to reduce the costs of maintaining foreign exchange reserves, that foreign exchange reserves follow the structure of debt in euros and dollars, but that one surplus, a residue that you as citizens save – we translate into gold “, explains the governor.

He says that the results of the National Bank were achieved with the help of the President and the Government of Serbia.

He reminds that at the beginning of the crisis, the National Bank provided liquidity to the state and the economy, but also to banks as the first and last refuge.

“All the time, we took care not to endanger either price stability or inflation. During the year, we very quickly led to everyone knowing that they have a secure foothold in the National Bank in Serbia,” Tabaković states.

With the arbitrariness of local and Belgrade powerful people, the safety of thousands of people in this part of Serbia is directly endangered, and the roads are significantly damaged.

Dangerous flirting

Under as yet unexplained circumstances, this “wild special transport” was escorted to the railway station in Priboj last Saturday, accompanied by the traffic police (!?!), Although ten days earlier the same traffic police of the same trailer (owned by the Belgrade company “Savatrans”) excluded from traffic and confiscated their license plates as it was established through illegality.

Then, on May 12, at the control measurement, it was determined that the trailers were overloaded, ie that they had significantly more than the legally maximum allowed 16 tons per axle, thus significantly damaging the roads.

None of this, however, bothered the arrogant powerful people to return the plates to the faulty trailers completely illegally last Saturday and order the local traffic police to escort the “transport”!?! Why did they do this? Clearly, the only answer may be cash. Dirty cash that someone put in their pocket to allow illegal “special transport”.

To make matters worse, “Roads of Serbia” revoked the permit for the transport of transformers, which was previously issued to the company “Savatrans”. So, not only were the dangerous transformers transported by faulty trailers that were excluded from traffic, but it was also done without the permission of “Roads of Serbia”!?!

And when we add to all that the fact that the traffic police immediately after the “wild transport” on Saturday, May 22, at the railway station in Priboj, removed the registrations from the trailers again, it is clear that this was actually a pirate operation that was done just to someone fat charged!

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Arrogant powerful people

The arbitrariness of local and Belgrade powerful people directly endangered the safety of thousands of people in this part of Serbia, and the roads were significantly damaged.

Strictly forbidden

The regulations of the European Union, where it is strictly forbidden to transport current transformers without special “transformer box” trailers, also show how dangerous this way of transporting cargo is for people and the environment.

– Such transport is dangerous and hugely unsafe. During it, a rollover can occur, which can cause serious damage, but also human casualties. A special factory construction, called a “transformer box”, is used to transport transformers to the EU. The transformer was then housed in that special box, secured on all four sides and the possibility of breakdown and overturning was minimized. It is not clear which of the powerful and why he put so much pressure to carry out that “wild transport” in Priboj. Something like this must never happen again, because it will be too late when an accident happens and someone dies – says one of our interlocutors.

Arsov avoids our questions

Yesterday, the Chief of the Traffic Police Administration, Nebojsa Arsov, persistently avoided our journalists and questions about “wild special transport” in the vicinity of Priboj.

We asked the mayor of Arsovo why the Traffic Police first confiscated the plates and wrote the reports with the trailers of the company “Savatrans”, and then illegally returned them and sent the risky cargo to the final destination, only to remove the plates again!?!

We were interested, among other things, in why they allowed this illegal transport to damage the state budget on several grounds, in the amount of several millions.

Unfortunately, all our questions remained unanswered, because Nebojsa Arsov only read the message and did not answer a word until the conclusion of this issue.

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