"Yes, they are persons who crossed the border," he told journalists when asked whether the pilots were the suspects.
The suspects are residents of Sweden. Their identities are not disclosed. According to the prosecutor, part of information about them was received in Lithuania and the remaining by means of legal assistance requests.
But, Krušna said, Lithuanian citizen had also been questioned as witnesses in the investigation.
"The extent of this case is fairly large. A number of witnesses have been questioned, including citizens of the Republic of Lithuania. But in this case, we have two citizens of the Kingdom of Sweden, with suspicions brought against them," the prosecutor said.
The Prosecutor General Office has decided to ask Sweden to take over criminal persecution regarding illegal border-crossing. Lithuanians now wait for Sweden's official response, Krušna says.
"We have tried all those ways we could, and, to our mind, this is the only legal decision which is possible after all actions done in Lithuania," the prosecutor said when asked whether the investigation could be continued in Lithuania.
According to the Prosecutor General's Office, the investigation found that, on July 4, 2102, a lightweight aircraft Jodel with Swedish registration numbers crossed the Lithuanian-Belarusian border, in violation of international flight rules and without necessary documents and permission, and later returned to Lithuania.
Known as the “teddy-bear campaign”, the Swedish flight led to sacking of heads of the Belarusian anti-aircraft defense service and the state border agency.
Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko has repeatedly urged Lithuania to investigate the incident.
