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Truck carrying 676 kg of hashish busted in Lithuania
Lithuanian customs officials have detained a truck en route from Spain, carrying 676 kg of hashish, the Customs Criminal Service said, noting this was the largest drugs shipment busted in the country this year. […]
Society
British drugs trafficker suspect detained in Lithuania
James Mulvey, a suspected British drugs trafficker who was detained in an international operation in Kaunas on Tuesday, owned real property and several companies in Lithuania, the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT) said. […]
Society
Lithuanian customs nab €400,000 worth of drugs on Latvian border
Lithuanian customs officers found almost €400,000 worth of psychotropic tablets hidden in a car they stopped at the border with Latvia last weekend, the Customs Criminal Service said on Thursday.
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CORPORATE
Lithuania leads EU in drug overdoses
Last year 90 people died of drug overdoses in Lithuania. Although Lithuania leads the EU in overdose-related deaths, the country has failed to adopt other countries’ best practices. Lithuania suffers from the highest numbers of […]
CORPORATE
Lithuanian politicians unlikely to legalize marijuana
While Germany now has plans to legalise medical marijuana to help people with serious illnesses, and it has already been decriminalised in Baltic neighbour Estonia, Lithuanian politicians are in no rush to make such a […]
CORPORATE
Marijuana rally in front of the parliament
Marijuana enthusiasts gathered at a rally outside the Lithuania Parliament organized by the Green Ring Society yesterday. “Lithuania is a free country and everyone has the right to freely express views and beliefs. I think […]
Foreign affairs
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Police seize cannabis shipment worth €4m
The Lithuanian police have seized 320 kilograms of hashish with a street value of up to €4 million after carrying out an operation in Klaipėda. […]
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International drug trafficking ring busted by Lithuanian, Norwegian police
Lithuanian and Norwegian officers have busted an international drug ring operating in both countries. […]
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After prison, a will to change is not enough
Having received his release papers from the prison’s management, on an average day of the Baltic autumn Rimantas Muka (31) moved through the gates of Alytus prison in Lithuania. He bought a kebab and a soda at a nearby kiosk. He just stood there and ate, waiting. Muka thought that the autumn morning was wonderful. […]
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EUR 6.7m cocaine shipment busted in sea container in Lithuanian port
Lithuanian customs officers on Friday detained a huge shipment of smuggling drugs in the port city of Klaipėda – three sacks containing a total of 116 kg of cocaine were discovered in a sea container. […]