{"id":138749,"date":"2025-05-19T13:54:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T10:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/138749\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"lithuania-seizes-30000-packs-of-smuggled-belarusian-cigarettes","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/138749\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania seizes 30,000 packs of smuggled Belarusian cigarettes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1400\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/drony_sigarety_sogg.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/drony_sigarety_sogg.jpg 2100w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/drony_sigarety_sogg-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/drony_sigarety_sogg-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/drony_sigarety_sogg-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/drony_sigarety_sogg-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/drony_sigarety_sogg-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/drony_sigarety_sogg-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2100px) 100vw, 2100px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(vsat.lrv.lt)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 19, <\/strong><em><strong>Pozirk.<\/strong> <\/em>Over the past weekend, the Lithuanian border guards have intercepted 24 batches with 30,000 packs of smuggled Belarusian cigarettes transported by balloons with GPS trackers, Lithuania\u2019s State Border Guard Service reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agency linked increased smuggling activities to weather conditions and favorable winds for weather balloons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lithuania seized 265 batches of cigarettes smuggled from Belarus by balloons since the start of 2025. By contrast, 226 batches were intercepted in the entire year of 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sixty-six people have been arrested since January on suspicion of smuggling cigarettes by air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, Lithuania intercepted a \u201csuper drone\u201d carrying smuggled cigarettes from Belarus in the \u0160al\u010dininkai district.<\/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\/2025\/05\/superdron_kontrabanda_sigarety_sogg_litva_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/superdron_kontrabanda_sigarety_sogg_litva_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/superdron_kontrabanda_sigarety_sogg_litva_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/superdron_kontrabanda_sigarety_sogg_litva_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/superdron_kontrabanda_sigarety_sogg_litva_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/superdron_kontrabanda_sigarety_sogg_litva_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Lithuania intercepts &quot;super drone&quot; smuggling cigarettes from Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 17, Pozirk. Border guards intercepted a &quot;super drone&quot; carrying smuggled cigarettes from Belarus in the \u0160al\u010dininkai district on Thursday evening, the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service (VSAT) has reported. The drone was spotted near Sakalin\u0117, a village adjacent to &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/138581\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 19, Pozirk. Over the past weekend, the Lithuanian border guards have intercepted 24 batches with 30,000 packs of smuggled Belarusian cigarettes transported by balloons with GPS trackers, Lithuania\u2019s State Border Guard Service reports. The agency linked increased smuggling activities to weather conditions and favorable winds for weather balloons. 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