[ad_1]
The car driven by Gintaras Plytnikas was stopped on the night of December 18, 2019.
Opel officers found a piece of aluminum foil wrapped in a cloth with 27 grams of cannabis inside under the hood, next to the battery.
The man immediately admitted that he had visited the central market in Panevėžys the day before, where he had bought drugs from a stranger for 180 euros.
“I like to smoke cannabis, so I immediately bought a slightly larger quantity,” explained G. Plytnik in court.
I found a shredder
The man was immediately arrested and a few hours later the agents were already shaking his house.
They found no drugs here, but they did find a cannabis grinder. The device called “Grinder” can be bought legally in Lithuania for a few euros.
Erik Ovcharenko / Photo of 15min / Marijuana roll
“Some time ago a friend gave it to me, I used it to grind cannabis,” exclaimed G. Plytnik.
A small plastic or metal device with sharp teeth for grinding cannabis to make smoking easier.
Officials often find such devices among marijuana enthusiasts, and if they detect cannabis residues in them, they generally run the risk of illegal drug possession.
This time, however, law enforcement officials saw the situation creatively and equated the shredder with a drug-making device.
Article 262 of the Penal Code establishes responsibility for the manufacture of drug production equipment or the development of technologies or instructions for the production of psychotropic substances. This is a felony with up to 4 years in prison.
It was a crime for G.Plytnik to be accused of a cannabis grinder.
This article is rarely found in jurisprudence and often punishes people who build devices to make amphetamines or similar drugs.
There has been a case in which an attempt has been made to adapt this article of the Penal Code to men who have set up a cannabis cultivation laboratory, but the court has decided to acquit them of this crime.
„Article 262 of the Penal Code the subject is devices and other devices for the production of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, as well as technologies and instructions for the production of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. The principle of operation of the aforementioned apparatus and equipment is based on the mechanical or chemical operation of the process ”, it was announced in the ruling of the Kaunas Regional Court in 2016.
Sent behind bars
Generally, a device for making drugs should change the composition of the substances in some way. However, according to Artūras Dilis, judge at the Biržai Palace of the Panevėžys District Court, it is enough to have a cannabis grinder to commit this crime.
“It is considered proven that G. Plytnikas in 2019. In December 2019, at an unspecified time during the investigation, he had illegally kept at home a crusher suitable for crushing hemp (aerial parts) (for the production of small aerial parts of hemp The agents of the Rokiškis District Police Station found him and took him away during the search on December 18, at 9:25 p.m., for which such an act qualifies as illegal possession of a device for the production of drugs in accordance with article 262 of the CC “,
When passing sentence, the judge pointed out that the man had previously had problems with the police, although his sentences had already disappeared.
Irmanto Gelūno / 15min nuotr./Temidė
2015 In Belgium, Plytnik got stuck trying to commit a robbery. A couple of years later, he got caught in France for the theft and then contributed even more by lying to the police.
In addition, he was administratively sanctioned for the use of psychotropic substances without prior appointment with the doctor.
These circumstances show that G. Plytnik’s tendency to commit crimes and to commit acts analogous to the law of a similar nature has not disappeared, his criminal behavior is repeated and he does not draw conclusions, so he must choose a type of punishment related to incarceration Of short duration. in reality, not postponing its execution, because, in the judgment of the court, there is no reason to believe that the purposes of the sentence can be achieved without the effective execution of the sentence, ”the judge declared.
He was held in pre-trial detention for 75 days, but since the man acknowledged all the charges against him, the court reduced his sentence by a third to 50 days.
This verdict is already in force and cannot be appealed.
[ad_2]
