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As Vytautas Jončas, a representative of the court, informed BNS, during the first hearing, the prosecutor read the accusation and gave evidence to one of the accused V.V.
According to V. Jončas, the man admits no fault and claims that the case was created to aggravate his situation in the next pre-trial investigation.
In court, the defendant also said that in the recorded episodes in the case, he was actually talking about real canned food, not drugs, and stated that the person accused of having talked about drugs was not in Lithuania at that time. moment.
After reading his previously prepared testimony, V. V. refused to answer additional questions from the prosecutor, the judge or other participants in the process, saying he did not want to worsen his situation in the next pre-trial investigation, in which he is also a defendant.
A 45-year-old Klaipeda resident is accused of illegally acquiring, transporting and storing more than one and a half kilograms of drugs containing 1,033 grams of cocaine.
Kaunas residents aged 45 N.M. and 31-year-old G.B are accused of illegally holding, transporting, and selling him drugs while operating in an organized group.
According to the pre-trial investigation, this very serious crime was organized and committed by the accused in early 2017. It was agreed that N. M. and L. B. for 50 thousand. Will Sell Cocaine To Defendant V.V.
Vendors packed the drug powder in cans and hermetically sealed it with a special device. Later, one of the accused brought them to Kaunas and sold them to V. You paid 10,000. The remaining amount had to pass to vendors after the cocaine was sold.
V. V. hid the purchased drug in his residential house located in the Klaipeda district. In the spring of 2017, police officers found and seized cocaine hidden in cans during a search here.
According to data from law enforcement, V. V., to avoid criminal responsibility for the crime committed, found and persuaded a lawyer and another person to assume criminal responsibility instead of V. V. for a pecuniary reward.
According to the information received, episodes of other crimes were identified, including corruption. A large-scale pre-trial investigation has been launched into possible corruption offenses committed by high-ranking judges, lawyers and others.
This pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
It contains accusations against more than 50 people and investigates more than 110 episodes of the crime.
The Lithuanian Court of Appeal referred the drug case to the Šiauliai Regional Court for an objective and thorough examination of the case in order to guarantee important interests of justice.
The Lithuanian Penal Code provides for imprisonment of 10 to 15 years for the acquisition, possession and distribution of large quantities of drugs.
The next hearing in this case is scheduled for July 16, where witnesses must be questioned.
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