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According to a report by the Klaipėda Regional Court, the husband (born 1962) was charged with obtaining, shipping and transporting 452 kg of 857.7 g of cocaine across the border of the Republic of Lithuania: at the end of 2016, quantity – 575 kg 422 g – cocaine briquettes with a content of pure drug – cocaine – 452 kg 857.7 g.
The defendant ordered that the purchased medicines be sent to his company address in Vilnius.
The defendant ordered the shipment of the drugs purchased in Ecuador to the address of his company in Vilnius.
The defendant ordered a drug trafficker in Ecuador to hide the drugs in plastic injection molds and to document that the seller of the goods was selling 6 plastic injection molds for a value of $ 57,000. The container with drugs was brought from Ecuador to the Klaipeda Territorial Customs inspection site and detained by customs officials.
Photo from the archives of Europol / Sergei Semikin
The court found that the data collected in the case confirmed that the defendant, without permission and bypassing customs control across the Lithuanian border, was transporting drugs and acquiring and shipping a large quantity of drugs.
The court determined that the company managed by the accused, to which the drug consignment was to be sent, was not engaged in any economic activity, all activities were imitated, the funds were transferred by the accused or his relatives, related companies , the company itself was established solely to commit crimes. This is confirmed not only by the fact of default, but also by the desire to close and that transactions with another company would continue.
The verdict indicated that the case had been examined in the absence of the defendant S. Semikin, since he was not in the territory of the Republic of Lithuania, he was aware of both the pre-trial and trial proceedings, he was personally handed over the court documents and the prosecution, but avoided wrong place.
In the case, legal aid was requested from the Russian Federation, but the National Interpol Office of the Russian Federation reported that the accused was registered in Moscow, had received a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation and could not be extradited to the Republic of Lithuania.
Russia did not extradite the accused.
In sentencing the accused, the court took into account the degree of danger to society and their intentionality, the fact that very serious and serious crimes were committed, the motives and objectives of the crimes, the personality of the accused – previously illegal , but depending on the case. with criminal offenses, the absence of aggravating and mitigating circumstances, the large quantity of drugs transported.
The sentence can be appealed to the Lithuanian Court of Appeal within 20 days of its announcement, and the convicted person can file an appeal after this period.
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