Lithuania’s police officers neutralised a combat drone that crashed in the northern Utena district in a controlled explosion, authorities announced on Monday afternoon.
“A decision was taken to neutralise the explosives on site, as transporting them would pose a risk to the public,” law enforcement authorities said in a statement.Earlier on Monday, the police said the drone, believed to be Ukrainian, was carrying carrying explosives and will be neutralised at the site.A local police representative also said the drone debris was found by a resident mowing his lawn.
“He noticed the wreckage and contacted police officers. He reached out for consultation, and the officers immediately understood that it could be a crashed drone,” said Mindaugas Puskunigis, Deputy Chief of the Utena County Police.
Search resumed in the morning
The search for the crashed drone debris was suspended overnight but resumed in the morning, National Crisis Management Centre chief Vilmantas Vitkauskas said earlier on Monday.
