{"id":139873,"date":"2025-05-26T12:57:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T09:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/139873\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"latvia-seizes-smuggled-belarusian-cigarettes-from-freight-trains","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/139873\/","title":{"rendered":"Latvia seizes smuggled Belarusian cigarettes from freight trains"},"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\/05\/sigarety_kontrabanda_latvija_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sigarety_kontrabanda_latvija_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sigarety_kontrabanda_latvija_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sigarety_kontrabanda_latvija_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sigarety_kontrabanda_latvija_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sigarety_kontrabanda_latvija_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(vid.gov.lv)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 26, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Latvian customs officials found 14,900 packs of Belarus-made cigarettes during an inspection of freight trains, the Latvian State Revenue Service said on its website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, 9,900 packs of NZ Gold cigarettes with Belarusian excise stamps were found in two freight train cars at the Indra customs checkpoint, it noted. The smuggled goods were hidden between boxes containing rapeseed oil bottles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Latvian officers also found 5,000 packs of smuggled cigarettes of the same brand at the bottom of an oil container transported from Belarus on May 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Criminal charges may follow due to the amount of smuggled goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In late April, Latvia seized 6,500 packs of smuggled Belarusian cigarettes.<\/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\/drony_sigarety_sogg-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"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: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Lithuania seizes 30,000 packs of smuggled Belarusian cigarettes<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">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 &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/138749\">\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 26, Pozirk. Latvian customs officials found 14,900 packs of Belarus-made cigarettes during an inspection of freight trains, the Latvian State Revenue Service said on its website. Last week, 9,900 packs of NZ Gold cigarettes with Belarusian excise stamps were found in two freight train cars at the Indra customs checkpoint, it noted. 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