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During the initial information inspection, officials found and took possible psychotropic drugs on the premises. He took a large quantity of psychotropics, prescription and medication, a total of approximately 3,000 tablets. Once the initial information was confirmed, Kaunas County forensic scientists continued the preliminary investigation investigating organized crime and prosecutors from the Organized Crime and Corruption Investigation Division of the Kaunas Regional Prosecutor’s Office took over. of the organization of the investigation.
People were detained in various Lithuanian cities against their will, stunned, forced to work, starved to death, loans were taken on their behalf and the benefits they received were used.
During the pre-trial investigation it was established that since 2016, people were detained in various Lithuanian cities against their will. They may have been forced to work, starved, deprived of their identity documents, and ultimately benefited from the benefits they received.
Continuing with the pre-trial investigation and carrying out various covert pre-trial investigation actions, other potential victims were identified, who were illegally and against their will, possibly stunned with psychoactive drugs, detained in various parts of Lithuania, forced to work in various jobs, and exploited for their helplessness and social. lack of skills, benefits were used, bank accounts were opened in his name, electronic data was available and loans were taken in his name.
A total of 7 people (men and women aged 40 to 70) who may have been victims of a crime were identified during the pre-trial investigation. Officials do not rule out that the number of victims could increase.
After collecting sufficient data on the crime, an arrest operation was carried out last week, on December 3. Simultaneous searches were carried out in the Vilnius, Kaunas and Radviliškis districts, and two suspects were arrested: a woman (born in 1959) and a young man (born in 1996). After the 7 searches, a large number of psychotropic drugs, documents relevant to the investigation and other physical evidence were found and seized.
Detained Kaunas residents are known to police officers, have previously been convicted of various violent and property crimes, and have been charged on the basis of article 260 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania. 3 d. (for illicit possession of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances for their distribution or illicit possession of very large quantities of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances). This is punishable by up to fifteen years in prison.
The Kaunas City District Court sentenced both suspects to the most severe measures of detention: three months in detention.
The investigation is organized and led by prosecutors from the Organized Crime and Corruption Investigation Division of the Kaunas Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
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