Sljivancanin remained at large until June 2003, when he was arrested in Belgrade after a tense 10-hour standoff between Serbian special police troops and a crowd of supporters outside his apartment block, where he had returned to celebrate his 50th birthday.
Šljivančanin je ostao na slobodi do juna 2003, kada je uhapšen u Beogradu nakon desetosatne napete situacije između specijalnih snaga srpske policije i Šljivančaninovih pristalica okupljenih ispred njegove zgrade u koju se vratio da proslavi 50. rođendan.