According to the Police Department, the incident took place at 4.11 a.m. on Friday morning. Three men, aged 25-41, were detained carrying the flag with burn marks on the staff. They were questioned by police, received fines of 150 litas (43 euros) each and were released.
The trio are members of a rugby team who came to Vilnius to play a match.
Last May, two members of a Dutch rugby team were detained in Vilnius for exposing their genitals in a park.
