A suburban Chicago police officer was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials after he allegedly overstayed his visa by a decade.

Radule Bojovic, a Montenegro native who serves with the Village of Hanover Park Police Department, was taken into federal custody sometime during Operation Midway Blitz, the Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday. 3

Bojovic was hired by the department in January 2025 after passing the background check and providing all required documents, including a “valid and recently renewed” Work Authorization Card, according to a press release from the Village of Hanover Park Police Department .

The police department noted that, at the time, Bojovic’s background check didn’t flag any prior run-ins with the Illinois State Police or FBI

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