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Zagreb, April 19 (CP) – Veljko Miljevic, the lawyer representing Ivo Pukanic has confirmed that a substance which has as yet not been tested has been found in the family safe at the home of the journalist Ivo Pukanic’s home and that the substance might be cocaine.

Miljevic said that the search of the flat was conducted following an initiative by Pukanic, himself who was informed by the housekeeper that she had found a suspicious packet in the home.

Although the police conducted a detailed search earlier, they were unable to detect anything first time around.

Miljevic said that substance was found among personal items not belonging to Pukanic and said that forensic analysis will soon match the substance to the owner.

Dinko Cvitan, the anti-corruption agency (USKOK) director confirmed a search was conducted in the Pukanic home and the substance found taken for analyses the results of which will be known in a couple of days.

The media have been churning out articles galore during the past week about the alleged cocaine-enhanced lifestyle of the Pukanic family and speculating on the drugs being kept in the family home safe.

The wife of Ivo Pukanic, Mirjana had filed for divorce a few days ago after she was illegally forced into a mental asylum, a move that even the Health Minister Darko Milinovic admitted was not in line with the law.