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Three residents of the Šalčininkai district were ambushed by the Pagėgiai border guards in the Kėdainiai district. They supposedly came to collect 8.5 thousand that were left in the forest. smuggled cigarette packs.
On Thursday, border guards from the Pagėgiai Border Team of the SBGS together with employees of the Security and Risk Management Department of AB Lietuvos Geležinkeliai found a shipment of smuggled smokers in the village of Žilvičiai in the Kėdainiai district, Pilėnai forest .
During a personal search, a polythene bag containing a small amount of suspected psychotropic substances was found on a Renault driver.
The smugglers hid 17 boxes wrapped in polyethylene film here. The load was masked with grass. Officials from the Pagėgiai team of the Criminal Intelligence Division, the Šiauliai Border Guard and the Special Purpose Division of the Pagėgiai Border Team of the SBGS organized an ambush here.
SBGS Photo / Case Test
At dusk, the border guards saw the two men coming from the forest. They approached the hidden cargo and took 4 boxes. They were taken about 500 meters from the highway to a place suspected of being in agreement with the accomplices. Then both men returned to the remaining boxes. Here they were detained by SBGS officials. Border guards discovered that they were 30- and 37-year-old residents of the Šalčininkai district.
About an hour and a half after the 4 boxes left, border guards noticed a Renault Laguna car arriving. The man got out and began loading the boxes into the car.
Border guards also detained this 33-year-old resident of the Šalčininkai district. During a personal search, the driver was found in a polyethylene bag with a small amount of a suspicious psychotropic substance. The detainee named the residue of the powder as cocaine.
SBGS Photo / Case Test
After dismantling the boxes, border guards counted that they contained 8,500 packs of Fest cigarettes with Belarusian stamps. The value of such cargo in Lithuania with taxes is more than 25 thousand. euros.
Officials from the SBGS Pagėgiai border team launched a pre-trial investigation into the illegal disposal of excise goods for three residents of the Šalčininkai district. They face up to eight years in prison or prison. Furthermore, the driver of the car is still at risk of public works, deprivation of liberty, fine or arrest for illegal possession of drugs.
The 30- and 37-year-olds are caught by SBGS officials due to similar misdemeanors committed in the past.
Three detainees were taken into custody and later placed in pretrial detention with written promises not to leave.
Smuggled cigarettes and a Renault Laguna car are stored at the Šiauliai border barrier of the Pagėgiai border team of the SBGS.
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