ine , ▁four ▁boxes ▁of ▁various ▁fashion ▁access ories , ▁three ▁boxes ▁of ▁alco hol , ▁a ▁box ▁of ▁cand ies . ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁sac char in ▁was ▁sold ▁only ▁ph arma cies ▁and ▁special ▁procedures ▁applied ▁to ▁its ▁export . ▁The ▁c oca ine ▁was ▁in ▁a ▁package ▁addressed ▁to ▁Konst ant inas ▁A vi ž ien is , ▁Lith uan ian ▁military ▁attach é ▁in ▁Moscow , ▁but ▁he ▁was ▁murder ed ▁by ▁a ▁local ▁commun ist ▁on ▁ 2 ▁January ▁ 1 9 2 2 . ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁story ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁daily ▁, ▁A vi ž ien is ▁was ▁murder ed ▁by ▁a ▁je alous ▁husband ▁of ▁his ▁lo ver . ▁On ▁ 1 0 ▁February ▁ 1 9 2 5 , ▁after ▁a ▁prolong ed ▁investigation , ▁the ▁Lith uan ian ▁Trib unal ▁found ▁Pur ick is , ▁A vi ž on is , ▁and ▁two ▁others ▁not ▁guilty . ▁ ▁The ▁Trib unal ▁port rayed ▁the ▁so - called ▁sac char in ▁case ▁as ▁an ▁isolated ▁episode , ▁but ▁there ▁is ▁plenty ▁of ▁evidence ▁that ▁the ▁practice ▁of ▁sm ugg ling ▁items ▁in ▁diplom atic ▁packages ▁was ▁well ▁known ▁and ▁w ides p read . ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁fam ine , ▁Rus si ans ▁lack ed ▁food ▁but ▁had ▁plenty ▁of ▁valu ables ▁( including ▁furn iture , ▁r ugs , ▁table ware , ▁j ew el ry , ▁art , ▁fur ) ▁that ▁were ▁conf isc ated ▁from ▁nobles ▁and ▁b our ge