Lithuanians did not close their homes over the holiday weekend: more than 500 violations of quarantine conditions were recorded

“In total, more than 16 thousand people turned themselves in during this holiday weekend. cars, ”said A. Paulauskas.

He explained that it is difficult to highlight a municipality that most wanted to travel to another place, but one region stood out.

“Probably from the beginning of the restrictions, our coast should be highlighted: Klaipeda, Palanga. These cities have become certain centers of attraction, there were more cars overturned there all the time,” said A. Paulauskas on Monday morning.

The State Border Guard Service (SBGS) on Sunday night circulated the 10 most creative excuses for traveling to other municipalities.

Police spokesman A. Paulauskas said that people wanted to go to another municipality for smoking.

“On the way from one post to another, in communication with the police, I had to listen to several stories about excuses. Since people went to another municipality because they did not receive the desired type of smoker in their municipality, there were cases in which they went to buy cars at the Utena market. Those stories were many and varied, ”said a police spokesman.

“The movement took place”

The General Deputy Commissioner of Police A. Paulauskas assured in the program that people did not close at home on Christmas weekend, during which there were more than 500 infractions to the quarantine conditions, most of them for breach of the rules of meeting.

“In the municipal centers, this traffic was more intense than in the main regional highways. People did not close at all, the movement continued, it was visible. This is also indicated by the number of violations recorded: over the long weekend, police officers recorded 525 violations of quarantine conditions. The vast majority is divination, “he said.

According to a police spokesperson, the vast majority of the rapes took place in public areas.

“A significant number of them were also attached to cars,” a police spokesman said of the latest government decision.

Domestic conflicts in families were also recorded during the holiday weekend.

“There were many conflicts, during the whole holiday period we registered around 1,200 calls to one or another internal conflict. Compared to last year’s figure, it is very similar. But what should be noted is that this celebration was felt in everyday life, there are more of those messages than on normal days, ”said A. Paulauskas.

A police spokesman explained that there were certainly fewer gatherings and parties than usual. And domestic conflicts are usually registered in a home.

After analyzing mobility on Lithuanian roads and comparing it with the corresponding period last year, police officers saw that it had decreased by approximately 80 percent.

“There were far fewer vehicles on Lithuanian roads than last year. The vast majority of the public is believed to have stayed at home. It is very unfortunate that a part of society does not listen to it ”, – A. Paulauskas thanked the holiday weekend.

Another weekend awaits you

He recalled that the force of strict measures to restrict movement between municipalities and the New Year weekend.

“It just came to our notice then. We continue to control, perhaps only at a lower intensity on weekdays. But we will start our intensive work from Thursday afternoon, the police officers will occupy 250 positions throughout Lithuania. We will not only exercise control over the passage from one municipality to another, but we will also pay much more attention to sobriety control. We warn drivers in advance “, A. Palauskas, a police representative, presented the police measures at the Delfi rytas show on next weekend.

The stricter controls will take effect on the afternoon of December 31 and will run until the night of January 3.