The offender’s Audi was prepared to flee from the police, and even the bullets stopped him immediately.

It was received that two powerful passenger cars, the Volvo S80 and the Audi A6 (with a 4.2 liter petrol engine), would carry a large number of cigarettes on the territory of Marijampolė county.

Officials seized a Volvo S80 car driven by a man (born 1978) containing cigarettes with Belarusian stamps on the outskirts of the village of Svirnavie. Likewise, the Audi A6 in front of a Volvo S80 was stopped in the same place, the driver of whom did not stop and escaped from the police crews, arresting and chasing him.

During the search, the fugitive Audi A6 drove directly towards a uniformed officer who was standing on the sidewalk in an attempt to avoid a road blocked by him, so a Glock-26 service pistol (fired 7 times) was used to protect the life and health of the officer and others. the front wheel on the right side of the Audi A6). However, even with the tires shot, the car driven by the fugitive crashed at high speed, reports Marijampolė County Police.

During a search on foot, the Audi A6 was found standing on farms near the main road a few kilometers from the stopping place. Both stopped vehicles were loaded with smuggled Minsk Super Slim and Minsk Capital cigarettes.

The Audi A6 has been specially prepared for smuggling: it has a special box with spikes designed to pierce the tires of agents who are pursuing the car; as well as Runflat tires resistant to hedge traps.

In both vehicles, 57,311 packs of cigarettes were found and seized for a total value of about 203,454 euros. Due to the incident, a pre-trial investigation was launched in accordance with article 199-2 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania. (Illegal disposal of excise goods) Part 2. This illegal act is punishable by a fine or imprisonment of up to eight years. The investigation is controlled by the Marijampolė District Prosecutor’s Office.