A total of 35 police officers and customs officials were detained in the "Skopje" Remand Prison for taking bribes. Six individuals employed at the Deve Bair, Medzitlija, and Bogorodica border crossings will stand trial on bail. The court made this decision following the two-day long interrogation of approximately 40 individuals who were detained on Friday under suspicion of taking bribes at the border crossings. The questioning of the 41 suspects started on Saturday morning, when the detainees were brought to the court under strong police security. Three investigating judges questioned the detainees. The procedure ended on Sunday morning, when the individuals against whom the court ruled a 30-day detention were transferred to the prison in Sutka.

This operation of the Interior Ministry's Department for Organized Crime was carried out on Friday, when 41 individuals were detained at the Deve Bair, Tabanovce, Medzitlija, and Bogorodica border crossings under suspicion of taking bribes and assisting. Twenty six of the individuals detained are police officers, 10 are customs officials employed in the Customs Department offices at Tabanovce and Deve Bair, while five individuals are employed in two catering establishments located in the vicinity of the Deve Bair border crossing. A total of 37,575 euros and 145,500 denars were uncovered and confiscated during the search of the offices, homes, and motor vehicles of the suspects.