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ARAS warning after Nemenčinė incident: don’t play war games in Lithuanian forests
Sunday morning at the Nemenčinė forest, a 12-person group gathers. It could be noted that some men are wearing the Russian model masked uniforms and are armed with the Russian machine guns. After getting signals from worried citizens, the police responds immediately, anti-terrorist operations team ARAS fighters come and detain potentially dangerous individuals. […]
Defence
Police detain 12 men with airsoft guns in forest close to Vilnius
Police on Sunday morning detained 12 men with airsoft guns in a forest near Nemenčinė, in the district of Vilnius, the Lithuanian Police Department said. […]
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Politics
Defence
Lithuanian officials train to repel raids by foreign saboteurs
Lithuanian border guards, police and public security officers are training to repel cross-border raids by foreign saboteurs in an exercise on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry said. […]
Society
Society
Police cracks heroin supply chain to Roma settlement in Vilnius
Vilnius police have cracked a heroin supply channel from the Middle East to the Roma settlement in the Lithuanian capital organized and conducted by a Tajik national in close contacts with Roma people in Lithuania. […]
Society
Police open probe into online comments after brutal murder
Lithuania’s police have opened an investigation into online comments after the recent murder of Ieva Strazdauskaitė. […]
European Union
Lithuanian, UK officers conduct joint human trafficking probe
Lithuanian and UK officers are conducting a joint probe into human trafficking, police in the port city of Klaipėda said on Thursday. […]
Opinion
Drinking and driving. A sobering experience after the facts
Over the last year, there has been a lot of attention to alcohol problems in general and drinking and driving in particular. A high-profile civil servant, a TV personality and more recently a candidate for Minister of Justice received a lot of negative publicity following arrests for drinking and driving. They are all part of more than 2,500 drivers caught by the police for drinking and driving. Not just damaging to a career, it is also a very expensive experience. […]
Global LT
Society
Society
Policeman’s death puts focus on officers’ safety
A killing of a policeman while on duty last week has drawn attention to the issue of officers’ safety. Lithuania’s minister of the interior is planning a meeting with police leadership and unions to discuss measures to prevent similar incidents. […]
Society
Lithuanian police seize €3.5m of fake notes
The Lithuanian police have prevented almost counterfeit 50-euro notes, totalling €3.5 million, from entering circulation in the country and abroad.
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CORPORATE
Domestic violence reports ‘grew several times’ over last 5 years in Lithuania
Lithuania adopted its law on domestic violence law five years ago and the number of reported cases of domestic abuse has been growing, which suggests that Lithuanians are increasingly recognising domestic violence as a crime. […]
Society
Lithuanian police crack down on small speed limit breaches
Drivers in Lithuania may soon face fines for smaller speed limit infractions than before. […]
CORPORATE
Police unions fear Skvernelis reforms will be scrapped
The Lithuanian police officers’ union, the Officers‘ National Trade Union (NPPS) fear that reforms begun by Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis may be scrapped by his successor and is threatening to use all legal means to make sure the succeeding minister will continue the reforms started by Skvernelis. […]