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Lithuanian customs officers detained 424 kilos of drugs in 2015
BC, Vilnius, 14.01.2016.
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Print versionLithuanian customs officers detained 424 kilos of drugs and launched 111 pre-trial investigations into drug smuggling, write LETA/BNS.
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According to the Customs Criminal Service, Lithuania remains an attractive point of transit for drugs, mostly hashish, from the West to the East, and locally-produced synthetic drugs – amphetamine – are taken to Scandinavia. The trend of sending drugs from abroad by mail also continues.
Mostly hashish shipments were detained in Lithuania last year when officers found 413 kilos of this drug. In February alone, 220 kilos of this drug were detained. A fairly big shipment of cocaine, weighing 6.5 kilos, was also detained last year.
Postal parcels containing drugs remain one of the most serious problems in the country as 102 out of 111 pre-trial investigations were related to attempts to send drugs by mail. The increased from 85 in 2014.
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