PHOTO: Man arrested in Zagreb after collecting packages from China. Police found 100 kilograms of drug precursor

Police were waiting at a post office in Zagreb’s Dubrava district when a 32-year-old man arrived to collect five packages from China. He did not leave with them. Officers arrested him at the counter after tracking the shipment, which contained 100.21 kilograms of BMK, a precursor used to make amphetamine and methamphetamine.

The shipment arrived in Zagreb in five separate packages. Zagreb police said the man had ordered the substance through an online website in China. Investigators suspect he planned to use it to produce drugs for resale.

The operation involved Zagreb police, the Police Directorate’s drug crime service, the Finance Ministry’s Customs Administration and Croatian Post. During the investigation, officers also found a transparent bag containing about 3.8 grams of a green plant substance with the characteristic appearance and smell of marijuana.

After the investigation concluded, police transferred the man to a detention supervisor within the legal deadline. They filed a criminal complaint with the Zagreb Municipal State Attorney’s Office on suspicion of unauthorized drug production and trafficking. Authorities also filed a misdemeanor charge over the alleged unlawful possession of the marijuana.