KGB: Bankauskas to be detained until August 26

The term of detention of a Vilnius policeman Laimanas Bankauskas has been prolonged by ten days. The State Security Committee has informed ERB about it. Let us remind you that Bankauskas was detained near the Belarusian-Lithuanian border on August 16. More than 40 grams of amphetamine was found on him. The Lithuanian policeman is in Hrodna confinement cell now.

Bankauskas’ relatives claim the amphetamine was placed on him stealthily. Lithuanian mass media claimed that, according to unofficial information, the term of detention of Bankauskas had been prolonged by two months.