Baltic Visitor

The Baltic Times reports on two separate incidents which resulted in the arrest of British nationals over the weekend. In the first, two members of a stag party were arrested for possession of cocaine – a third was detained but released uncharged. In the second incident, a Scotsman climbed the steps of the Freedom Monument […]

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The evening of Tuesday 5th June saw another incident involving Riga’s police and foreign tourists. The Baltic Times reports that four British tourists were engaged in a brawl with local residents when the police arrived at around 9pm. During the ensuing fracas, one of the tourists is said to have sprayed tear gas into the […]

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A few days ago, I reported on the arrest of seven Spanish and Portuguese tourists in Riga for damaging a Latvian flag while drunk. Since then, the post has received comments from a couple of friends of the arrested men. I decided to add a new post rather than just comment on the original one, […]

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According to a report in the Baltic Times, seven foreign tourists have been arrested in Riga for damaging Latvian flags:
The men were visibly drunk, and officers found more damaged Latvian flags on them, but the vandals had managed to throw some of the flags in the river. The young men have been taken to a […]

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