They Tried to Run Over Police Officers With a BMW in Chegrane: a Search for White Powder Ended in Three Arrests

The police operation in the Gostivar-area village of Chegrane began with a vehicle check and ended with a car aimed at police officers. On 12 November at 8:35 p.m., officers from the Gostivar regional criminal investigation office stopped a Mitsubishi driven by 26-year-old H.S. from the village. In the vehicle they found and seized a white powdery substance.

A search of his home followed, with a court warrant. There, police found an additional quantity of the white powdery substance.

That's when a BMW with Gostivar plates pulled up in front of the house. Inside were V.Ch. (24) and A.N. (35), both from Chegrane. According to the Interior Ministry, they tried to run over the police officers with the vehicle, threatened their lives and fled.

A car aimed at people is a weapon, and it was the two men in the BMW who hit the accelerator. The getaway was short: after the measures taken, both were found and arrested.

What were they doing outside the 26-year-old's house at exactly the moment of the search? The Interior Ministry isn't saying. Police say only that once everything is fully documented, "appropriate criminal complaints" will follow. Appropriate to what - the powder, or the attempt to run over police officers? That's the difference the public should see in writing when the day of the indictment comes.