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This was confirmed by the BNS Public Relations Department of BNS.
STT said Tuesday that it suspects Šarūnas Narbutas, head of the Oncology Patients Association (POLA), is trafficking 5 million people. purchases of reagents for coronavirus testing.
The service also announced that various procedural actions were taking place in Vilnius on Tuesday, including searches and seizures of documents.
The seizures were made at the Health Department on Tuesday.
The government ministry, for its part, said no searches or other procedures were carried out on Tuesday.
“There have been no searches or procedures in the Government Office. If necessary, the Government Office, as always, will cooperate with all the institutions that carry out the tasks assigned to them,” says the response provided by BNS.
According to the Government Chancellery, it was necessary to guarantee the supply of the necessary equipment as soon as possible during the quarantine.
“During the quarantine, it was necessary to ensure the supply of medical equipment, reagents and protective equipment as soon as possible, therefore, all inter-institutional efforts were made in competition with other countries,” said the Government Chancellery.
It also argues that businesses and society have been repeatedly publicly called to help urgently secure the supply of essential facilities.
As noted by the Government Chancellery, Š. Narbut was not a member of any COVID-19 structure or working group, but as head of POLA, he has participated in a working group established by the Prime Minister’s Decree on issues related to improving access to innovative treatments in the country .
Š. Narbut is currently under arrest.
The police suspect Š. While Narbutas acted as an informal intermediary between the Lithuanian authorities and a foreign company in the acquisition of reagents, it is also suspected that the head of POLA may have appointed a certain amount to the company representative for his mediation in this acquisition.
According to the pre-trial investigation, nearly 5 million worth for reagent purchases, a Š. Narbutas’s personal bank account was transferred several times for more than 300 thousand. quantity.
According to BNS, investigators are clarifying two contracts with the Spanish company signed on March 21 and 23 of this year by the National Laboratory of Public Health.
The Central Procurement Portal establishes that the National Public Health Laboratory has concluded two contracts for measures for COVID-19 research: one is 3.5 million. 1.8 million euros. euros Both contracts are with the Spanish company PMS International.
These two contracts for the supply of reagents from China were signed by the then head of the laboratory Vytautas Zimnickas, who died a few weeks ago. The agreements have been signed with a representative of PMS International, whose name is not indicated in the agreement.
Under the agreements, part of the funds had to be transferred to the Chinese reagent manufacturer Sansure Biotech.
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