Cannabis-stuffed cakes from Canada intercepted in Vilnius
Lithuanian customs found about 0.5 kg of dried cannabis inside cakes and chocolates in a parcel from Canada at the Vilnius postal logistics centre in May 2026. Two suspects were detained in June, and a court remanded one of them for three months.
🇱🇹 Lithuanian Post logistics centre, Vilnius · Lithuania
In May 2026 customs officers at Lithuania’s postal logistics centre in Vilnius checked a suspicious
parcel from Canada declared as 10 cakes and 10 chocolates.[1][2]It smelled strongly of cannabis.[1]Cutting open one of the cakes, they found a plastic bag of dried cannabis; the other cakes
contained it too.[1]The sweets weighed about 5 kg and the cannabis filling about 0.5 kg.[1]
Two suspects
The parcel was seized and the customs laboratory confirmed the drug, opening an investigation into
drug smuggling led by prosecutors in Vilnius.[1][2]In June, customs investigators detained two
suspects: a Ukrainian citizen in Vilnius, who resisted and was subdued with gas and handcuffs, and a
Belarusian citizen in Kupiškis.[1]Searches found cannabis seeds, crystal methamphetamine, ecstasy
tablets and three cannabis seedlings in pots, along with packaging materials, magnetic bags and two
air guns.[1]
The Belarusian was released after questioning on a written undertaking not to leave the country; a
Vilnius court remanded the Ukrainian in custody for three months.[1]The investigation continues
under provisions on drug smuggling, illegal possession and resisting an officer.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Cannabis
500 g
Agency type
Customs, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Seeds
Activity
Smuggling
Setting
Mail or parcel
Case stage
Under investigation
Route
Canada → Lithuania
Sources
Lithuanian Customsmuitine.lrv.ltLTMKT pareigūnai atskleidė kvaišalų kontrabandos schemą: iš Kanados į Lietuvą buvo siunčiami kanapėmis įdaryti pyragai
L24l24.ltLTIš Kanados į Lietuvą buvo siunčiami kanapėmis įdaryti pyragai
Open questions the AI reported
The customs statement gives no exact date for the May interception or the June detentions.
The statement gives no street value for the cannabis.
The investigation was continuing and no charges or trial date were reported.
L24 reproduced the customs statement rather than reporting it independently.
Photographs published with the statement could not be opened and are not listed.
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