Suspicious package containing phones found on prison fence
Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Prison officials found a blue package on the fence of Šiauliai Prison on Aug. 30, 2026.
- The package contained four mobile phones when officers opened it.
- Authorities are investigating how the package came to be there.
Prison officials in Lithuania found a blue package containing four mobile phones on the fence of Šiauliai Prison.
A duty officer spotted the package while patrolling the prison grounds on Aug. 30, 2026. Officers removed it from the fence and opened it, finding four mobile phones inside.
The circumstances of the incident are under investigation.
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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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