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“Having data that a person can come to Klaipėda County, the officers of the Klaipėda County Police Chief Commissariat were very involved in the search from the beginning,” this is how the Klaipėda County Police described the arrest operation. – After carrying out non-public criminal intelligence actions, on August 31, around 22:05, in Klaipėda, Smiltelės and Varpų str. At the intersection, officers from the Klaipėda Road Police Service stopped a fugitive who was driving a taxi. J.Sotikov was still trying to run, but was stopped in a nearby meadow and using special. handcuffs to the Klaipėda Detention Center. “
The Department of Prisons, which reported on the arrest operation in this way, also claimed that the man had been found and detained thanks to the joint efforts of its criminal intelligence agents and the Lithuanian police.
No thanks
However, the true hero of this story did not receive any public gratitude from the officials.
The man detained by the refugee, quoted on the profsiedros.eu portal, says that he did not seek awards and only fulfilled his civic duty.
“He’s angry because they took all the laurels and didn’t even say thank you,” trade union.eu quotes a brave citizen. – I did not look for any award or medal, but if I had not presented the fugitive to the police, it would break my conscience. I couldn’t have done it any other way. “
By the way, after knowing this information, 15 minutes He appealed to the Klaipėda County Police and asked them to explain why the press release did not mention the heroic act of the citizen.
The representative of Commissariat Andromeda Grauslienė only reiterated the previously announced position: the arrest was carried out and the refugee’s whereabouts were determined after many unannounced and non-public criminal intelligence actions, and not because of the taxi driver.
After hearing again whether the taxi driver did not contribute in any way to the arrest, A. Grrauslienė provided an exact version of events.
“According to our data, the taxi driver, while transporting the wanted person, stopped the car on the street and started waving his hand in front of those who were traveling in Klaipėda County in an official car. When the police crew stopped in the taxi, the wanted person got away from the taxi, the agents jumped out of the official car and chased and stopped him on the nearby lawn, although the taxi driver also ran, but the police stopped the fugitive. representative of the police.
Awarded by the Minister
True, the man was not completely forgotten, because Justice Minister Elvinas Jankevičius, who learned of the situation, did not hesitate for a long time and decided to award him an award – a II degree badge of honor for merits in justice.
Valdas Kopūstas / 15min photo / Minister of Justice Elvinas Jankevičius
“Through the community of officials, I learned that the man had made a very strong contribution to that detention operation. We talk to him, we clarify the situation. He really did a lot and I thanked him. ” 15 minutes said the Minister of Justice.
E. Jankevičius had no doubt that the officers also worked hard to follow the prisoner with their hot feet, but he admitted that it was not at all pleasant to remain silent on the merits of the citizen.
“It just came to our knowledge then. It really did a lot. At least that day, without the help of a citizen, the refugee probably would not have been able to be arrested. Everything must always be openly acknowledged. Seeing this and realizing that it was not done. in the right and beautiful way, I found that person honorable and rewarded him, ”said the Minister.
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