Unmasked one of the largest cannabis growing laboratories in Lithuania – Respublika.lt
Searches were carried out in the homesteads of Jonava and Ukmergė districts, during which a very large quantity of narcotic and psychotropic substances was found – more than 200 units of cannabis and ready for distribution of these substances.
Photo of the Department of Prisons.
Today’s press conference told more about her investigation into the cultivation and distribution of a very large amount of narcotic substances – cannabis. As indicated by the Kaunas District Prosecutor’s Office, on December 1. numerous searches and liquidation of one of the largest cannabis farms in Lithuania.
The investigation conducted by the Criminal Intelligence Board Officers Department of the Prison Management Department was initiated after receiving information that the convict AV, who was released on parole from prisons and is on probation, along with two other men VK and PM, are possibly setting up premises for growing cannabis. It is suspected that the mentioned persons are engaged in the supply and distribution of cannabis inside and outside prisons.
During the investigation, two homesteads were identified, the premises of which were adapted for the cultivation of cannabis, and special equipment was installed in them. One homestead is in the Jonava district, where one of the suspects lives, and the other is in the Ukmergė district.
During the ongoing investigation, the officers of the Prisons Department, together with the Lithuanian police anti-terrorist operations “Aras” forces, detained the suspects. Searches were carried out in the aforementioned homesteads and the suspect’s residences. During them, a very large amount of narcotic and psychotropic substances was found and seized – more than 200 units of cannabis and these junk ready for distribution.
Equipment related to the cultivation and sale of cannabis was found. During the search, one of the suspects was found and possessed prohibited items, possibly explosives, which were neutralized and taken away by “Aras” deminers.
The investigation is led by the Kaunas District Prosecutor’s Office, Prosecutor Nomeda Urbonavičienė of the Organized Crime and Corruption Investigation Department, came to the court with a request to impose the strictest preventive measures – arrests – on all suspects. The court satisfied him – currently all three suspects are under arrest. AV and VK were arrested for three months, PM – for one month.
The pre-trial investigation was conducted in accordance with two articles of the Criminal Code – regarding the illegal possession of narcotic substances with the aim of distributing them and the illegal cultivation of cannabis. The maximum expected punishment for these criminal acts is imprisonment from ten to fifteen years.
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