{"id":132419,"date":"2025-04-01T14:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T11:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/132419\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"us-stowaway-found-in-freight-car-to-be-deported-to-lithuania","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/132419\/","title":{"rendered":"US stowaway found in freight car to be deported to Lithuania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/narushitel_teplovizor_granica_gpk_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/narushitel_teplovizor_granica_gpk_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/narushitel_teplovizor_granica_gpk_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/narushitel_teplovizor_granica_gpk_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/narushitel_teplovizor_granica_gpk_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/narushitel_teplovizor_granica_gpk_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        The heat map of the lone American traveler in the freight car.\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(State Border Committee\/Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 1, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The 27-year-old US national arrested yesterday for illegally crossing from Lithuania into Belarus will be deported to Lithuania after standing trial for his offense, the State Border Committee&#8217;s press office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Customs officials discovered the man in an empty freight car at the Ma\u0142adzie\u010dna railway station in the Minsk region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigators say the man tried to enter Belarus twice on March 24 at two different border checkpoints but was denied entry because of his failure to prove that he had enough cash to cover the costs of his stay in Belarus.<\/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. The 27-year-old US national arrested yesterday for illegally crossing from Lithuania into Belarus will be deported to Lithuania after standing trial for his offense, the State Border Committee&#8217;s press office reports. Customs officials discovered the man in an empty freight car at the Ma\u0142adzie\u010dna railway station in the Minsk region. 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