{"id":142368,"date":"2025-06-12T12:42:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T09:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/142368\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lithuanian-customs-officers-vilnius-crack-down-on-cigarette-smuggling-caravan","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/142368\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuanian customs officers crack down on cigarette \u201csmuggling caravan\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 12, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Lithuanian customs officers two days ago seized nine vehicles described as a \u201csmuggling caravan\u201d transporting Belarusian cigarettes, the Lithuanian Customs reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident took place at the \u0160al\u010dininkai-Bieniakoni border crossing after customs officers found hidden Belarusian cigarettes in nine of 13 vehicles picked for close inspection. The hiding spots were identical, containing less than 1,000 packs of cigarettes each, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lithuanian authorities seized the vehicles and 6,354 packs of cigarettes, mainly NZ Gold and Minsk Superslims. Most likely, the cars will be transferred to Ukraine as part of assistance in fighting Russian aggression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cars are reportedly old ones worth not more than \u20ac3,000 each. Similar \u201ccaravans\u201d were popular a few years ago among smugglers, the agency noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/138749\/\">Lithuania seizes 30,000 packs of smuggled Belarusian cigarettes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 12, Pozirk. Lithuanian customs officers two days ago seized nine vehicles described as a \u201csmuggling caravan\u201d transporting Belarusian cigarettes, the Lithuanian Customs reported. The incident took place at the \u0160al\u010dininkai-Bieniakoni border crossing after customs officers found hidden Belarusian cigarettes in nine of 13 vehicles picked for close inspection. The hiding spots were identical, containing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":142354,"template":"","rubric":[17],"class_list":["post-142368","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lithuanian customs officers crack down on cigarette \u201csmuggling caravan\u201d | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 12, Pozirk. 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