Arrested in a port city suspected of drug trafficking: found a large amount of cocaine and 16 thousand euros



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Police reported that in 2020. August. In Klaipeda, Medelyno and Skardžio st. At the intersection, the police detained a Kretinga resident who worked in one of the Kretinga companies. During an examination in a person’s car, the narcotic substances cocaine and the psychotropic substance amphetamine were found.

This 36 m. man of the century known to law enforcement, previously convicted of using and stealing a forged document.

On the same day, while investigative actions in Klaipėda continued, Pušyno str. A search for the latter found around 100 g (large amounts) of cocaine.

A search at the residence of the detainee also found cocaine suspects, two electronic scales with traces of cocaine, anabolic androgenic steroids (doping substances) and some 16,000 euros (origin to be specified).

The suspects were arrested and placed in preventive custody, and one of them was taken into custody with a written commitment not to leave. Another suspect was sentenced to the most severe arrest warrant, which was later turned into intensive supervision.

The pre-trial investigation is organized and led by the Organized Crime and Corruption Investigation Division (ONKTS) of the Klaipėda Regional Prosecutor’s Office.

The illegal possession of large quantities of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances with a view to their distribution is punishable by imprisonment of 8 to 10 years.

According to article 31 of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, a person is presumed innocent until proven guilty in accordance with the procedure established by law and recognized as a valid judicial sentence.

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