2024-03-30 22:45:55
“These two ships “Vytis” and “Nojus” brought us the biggest profit, while some competitors were a real headache,” said a businessman who owned 9 ships under the brand name “Mindaugo laivai” to the portal lrytas.lt. “There was jealousy and threats, but I did not expect that everything would escalate into such an attack.”
The deceased was found by a friend
The businessman planned to start the season this holiday weekend. M. Beišys had an order, so early Friday morning around 5 o’clock. came to Trakis to prepare the ship.
The citizen of Vilnius was surprised to see that one ship had disappeared from the pier in Galve Lake. It soon became clear that another ship that was in another port had been hijacked during the night.
M. Beišys called his brother and a friend to search. A friend of the businessman rushed to help from Vilnius and saw the remains of both ships sunk near the lake island.
Suffered enormous damage
These two pontoon boats were double-deckers: one was launched by a businessman in 2018, the other in 2019.
“We built these ships ourselves. But they weren’t just a sailing thing – they were certified pleasure boats,” said the businessman.
M. Beišys estimated the burned ships at 200 thousand euros. No one will compensate the businessman for these losses, because the property was not insured.
“Insuring a ship is difficult enough. There were no threats for maybe the first 2-3 years, and in the last decade I heard them constantly, but I didn’t believe that such a level would be reached,” said the man from Vilnius, spreading his hands.
Competitors burst with anger
M. Beišys, who brought the business idea from Denmark, built the first ship more than ten years ago. When it could not be sold, the businessman started renting it out.
Business was successful, so the number of boats sailing in the lake with the inscription “Mindaug ships” increased. “That was the main reason I received threats. In Trakai, we are three larger representatives of this business and a group of small ones who own a boat and have created a workplace for themselves. They were the ones who were angry,” said M. Beišys.
According to the man from Vilnius, he had repeatedly received hints that he was unworthy and had already crossed the line, that he would be sorted out and lowered to the ground. “It was the little ones who were so angry,” the businessman did not hide.
Will forward the list to forensics
On Thursday evening, the native of Vilnius was in the packed arena of “Žalgiris” and watched the triumph of the Kaunas in the Euroleague tournament match. A businessman who visited Trakis before midnight still saw his ships parked at the docks.
A review of the video recordings showed that M. Beišys was being watched. The ships were hijacked barely half an hour after the owner left Trakai. After floating the boats into the lake, the vandals took about 2 hours. set fire to
“I mean the list of suspects. He has not yet been handed over to the investigators, but it will be done soon, said the businessman who experienced the unprecedented attack. “I hope that the forensic investigation will be successful.”
2024-03-30 22:45:55