The miraculous liberation of Bankauskas
Sep 01, 2010
By Rokas M. Tracevskis
VILNIUS - On Aug. 15, the Belarusian KGB detained Laimonas Bankauskas, the 37-year old chief of the Vilnius Mounted Police, under suspicion that he transported 45.5 grams of methamphetamine in his car across the Lithuanian-Belarusian border. Such a crime is worth from three to seven years in prison, according to Belarusian law. The detained official denied the charges and said a package with narcotics had been planted on him by Belarusian officials at the border checkpoint.
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