Podgorica, (MINA) – M.Z. (66) from Podgorica was arrested for insulting and threatening journalist and columnist Dusko Kovacevic, the Police Administration announced.

It is stated that M.Z. was arrested on Wednesday by the officers of the Security Department Podgorica, for insults and threats sent to Kovacevic via Facebook.

It is added that the police located M.Z. and collected a statement from him in the police premises regarding the incident.

“The state prosecutor in the Basic State Prosecutor’s Office in Podgorica was informed of the case and ordered the arrest of M.Z, for a violation of the Law on Public Peace and Order, while the Basic State Prosecutor’s Office submitted a request to the Misdemeanors Court in Podgorica to initiate misdemeanor proceedings”, said the police.

They added that, within the legally prescribed deadline, M.Z. will be brought before the Misdemeanor Court, due to the aforementioned offenses committed to the detriment of Kovacevic.