{"id":132393,"date":"2025-04-01T12:44:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T09:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/132393\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarus-border-guards-arrest-a-lithuanian-over-drug-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/132393\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus&#8217; border guards arrest a Lithuanian suspected of drug trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 1, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian border guards based in Smarho\u0144, Hrodna region, arrested a Lithuanian national carrying psychotropic drugs, the State Border Committee&#8217;s press office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident took place on February 26, when the suspect \u201cviolated the border in order to evade prosecution in his country,\u201d it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Border guards reportedly found more than 110 grams of a particularly dangerous synthetic cannabinoid known as MDMB (N)-BZ-F in his personal belongings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If convicted, the man may face up to 10 years in prison on drug trafficking charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">American suspected of sneaking into Belarus in freight car<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 31, Pozirk. A 27-year-old US national has been arrested for illegally crossing from Lithuania into Belarus in an empty freight train car, the State Customs Committee reported. The man, detained at the Ma\u0142adzie\u010dna railway station in the Minsk region, &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/132299\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 1, Pozirk. Belarusian border guards based in Smarho\u0144, Hrodna region, arrested a Lithuanian national carrying psychotropic drugs, the State Border Committee&#8217;s press office reports. The incident took place on February 26, when the suspect \u201cviolated the border in order to evade prosecution in his country,\u201d it noted. 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