Davor Peković, whose café was recently closed by a tax inspection decision, has been arrested on suspicion of making threats. The circumstances of the alleged threat are currently unknown.
Šibenik restaurateur Davor Peković, who drew public attention in recent days due to the closure of his café for tax irregularities, has been arrested on suspicion of making threats. The Šibenik-Knin Police Administration confirmed that a criminal investigation has been conducted, but details of the case have not yet been released.
From the Šibenik-Knin Police Administration, only the basic facts of the case were confirmed to the portal 24sata. "We can confirm that the Šibenik-Knin Police Administration received one criminal complaint for the criminal offense of making threats in the last 24 hours in the Šibenik area and conducted a criminal investigation," was their response. The police did not officially release the identity of the arrested person, but according to information from the portal Teleskop.hr, it is indeed Peković.
Peković's mother, who is also his lawyer, declined to provide details of the case. "I can't tell you much, sorry. He will be questioned in an hour and we believe it will all be fine, as it should be," she briefly stated. The circumstances of the alleged threat for which Peković was arrested are currently unknown, and more details are expected after his interrogation and the completion of the criminal investigation.
Peković became known to the public after sharing his version of the café's closure. He claimed that tax inspectors requested two beers after midnight, and the waitstaff did not immediately issue a receipt because the establishment was already closed, intending to record it in the morning. According to him, the guests then revealed their official badges. The café owner admitted that there had been previous irregularities at the establishment, including shortages or surpluses in the cash register and failure to issue receipts, but he considered the closure measure too harsh.
The Tax Administration dismissed his version of events. Deputy Director of the Tax Administration Mila Vukoja stated that the ban on operations "is applied to taxpayers who repeat violations and incorporate penalties into their business model in advance." This rejected Peković's claim that the establishment was closed solely due to a few euros of surplus or a single unissued receipt, suggesting it was a long-term pattern of tax non-compliance.
The case of the Šibenik restaurateur has attracted some public attention because Peković publicly spoke about the circumstances of the closure of his establishment, and part of the public perceived his story as an example of overly harsh measures against small business owners. The Tax Administration, on the other hand, firmly stood behind the measure, emphasizing that it concerned repeated violations. The arrest for threats adds a new dimension to a case that was already the subject of public debate about the relationship between inspection bodies and restaurateurs. Further developments depend on the results of the criminal investigation and any potential criminal proceedings.
