Lithuanian officials do not believe Bankauskas is guilty
The Lithuanian Ambassador to Belarus Edminas Bagdonas has given an interview to journalists of the Lietuvos rytas TV channel and claimed that he has contacted the detained officer’s relatives:
Bagdonas: "He is accused of having violated a number of articles of the Criminal Code including article #228 – drug trafficking… We will render him all-round consultation assistance, everything appertaining to us. We have contacted his relatives. There are some nuances here too. The relatives we have contacted refuse to admit it. They say that if any [drugs] were really found on him, they had been put there stealthily”.
The head of Vilnius police Kyastutsis Lanchynkas got to know about the incident from Lithuanian journalists. He has also refused to believe that Bankauskas tried to transport drugs: “He is a very good policeman. I can’t believe he was involved in drug trafficking”.
Bagdonas: "He is accused of having violated a number of articles of the Criminal Code including article #228 – drug trafficking… We will render him all-round consultation assistance, everything appertaining to us. We have contacted his relatives. There are some nuances here too. The relatives we have contacted refuse to admit it. They say that if any [drugs] were really found on him, they had been put there stealthily”.
The head of Vilnius police Kyastutsis Lanchynkas got to know about the incident from Lithuanian journalists. He has also refused to believe that Bankauskas tried to transport drugs: “He is a very good policeman. I can’t believe he was involved in drug trafficking”.
