Shots fired at 2am behind Piran: 44-year-old Croatian with a pistol gets a fine
Police found him in front of a house, with empty shell casings lying around. He has a permit to own the pistol, but not to carry it, and after consulting the prosecutor police found no criminal offence.
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Piran police received several reports on Sunday around 2am of bangs resembling gunshots in one of the villages in the hinterland of the Piran municipality. They sent several patrols to the scene. In front of a house from which the shots were reportedly heard, they tracked down a 44-year-old Croatian citizen. He came out of the building only after repeated calls, and for the safety of the procedure officers put handcuffs on him.
During a security check he had no weapon on him. Around the house, officers found several empty shell casings.
The man then became increasingly agitated, resisted the procedure and insulted the officers. As he did not calm down even after warnings, he was detained. During the search, officers seized a nine-millimetre pistol with a magazine and additional ammunition.
A check showed that in Croatia he holds a valid permit to own a weapon, but not to carry it.
After consulting the on-duty state prosecutor, police found no criminal offence and therefore treated the incident as a misdemeanour. The man was issued a fine notice (plačilni nalog) for breaching public order, the weapon and ammunition were seized, and proceedings were also launched under the weapons act. This was announced by the Koper Police Directorate.
The sources do not say which village the incident took place in, how many shots were fired, how large the fine is, or whether anyone was in danger. Police wrote only that bangs resembling gunshots were reported and that empty shell casings were lying around the house.
Sources
- Ponoči 44-letni hrvaški državljan streljal v eni izmed vasi v okolici Pirana „Policisti po posvetu z dežurno državno tožilko niso ugotovili elementov kaznivega dejanja, zato dogodek obravnavajo kot prekršek.“
- V okolici Pirana ponoči odjeknili streli „Preverjanje je pokazalo, da ima moški na Hrvaškem sicer veljavno dovoljenje za posest orožja, ne pa tudi za njegovo nošenje.“
- Hrvat streljal z devetmilimetsko pištolo in žalil policiste „med preiskavo pa so našli pištolo kalibra 9 mm z nabojnikom in dodatnim strelivom“
- Ponoči streljanje v okolici Pirana. Policisti aretirali Hrvata. „v okolici hiše pa so našli več praznih tulcev“
- Hrvat sredi noči streljal v eni izmed vasi v zaledju piranske občine „Moškemu so izdali plačilni nalog zaradi kršitev javnega reda in miru, zasegli orožje in strelivo ter uvedli še postopek po določbah zakona o orožju.“
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