A group of masked individuals intercepted an armored cash-transport vehicle late last night in the Sandžak region, making off with what is estimated to be around €2 million in state funds, Sandžak danas reported, citing its own sources.
The robbery reportedly occurred in the village of Kućani, on a regional road, where the attackers — according to initial media accounts — allegedly held the drivers at gunpoint and forced them to abandon the armored truck.
The perpetrators then fled the scene.
Shortly afterward, the stolen vehicle was found set ablaze in the village of Jablanica.
Police units from Novi Pazar and Raška have been deployed to the area.
They are conducting an on-site investigation, blocking a wider perimeter, and checking all exits from the town.
The Serbian Ministry of Interior has not yet commented on the incident, nor has it confirmed the claims circulating in the media since last night.
Similar cases in the region — on the Kosovo side
Robberies targeting cash-transport vehicles have also occurred in the northern Kosovo region in previous years.
Most frequently, the targets were vehicles belonging to the Henderson company, which transported funds of the Republic of Serbia after they were collected at the Jarinje crossing.
One such robbery took place on 28 November 2019 in Krtina, Leposavic municipality, and another in June 2018, also in Leposavic.
Earlier that same year, in May 2018, only about twenty meters from the Jarinje crossing, an attempted robbery during a cash handover was prevented.
In addition, in 2022, an armed robbery at Komercijalna Banka in Zubin Potok resulted in more than €90,000 being stolen.
The Post Office in Zvecan has also been robbed, and Kosovo has seen multiple robberies of banks and post offices across several locations over the years.
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