{"id":143279,"date":"2025-06-19T14:01:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T11:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143279\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"belarusian-ice-cream-truck-driver-caught-smuggling-cigarettes-into-lithuania","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143279\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian ice cream truck driver caught smuggling cigarettes into Lithuania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 19, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Lithuanian customs officials discovered more than 350,000 packs of cigarettes worth \u20ac1.6 million during an X-ray check of a truck transporting ice cream via the Belarusian-Lithuanian border, Lithuanian Customs reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident took place four days ago at the Medininkai-Kamienny \u0141oh border crossing. The truck driver, a Belarusian man, claimed that he was heading with 12 tons of fruit ice cream through Lithuania to Russia\u2019s Kaliningrad exclave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A detailed inspection revealed that many of the boxes contained smuggled Belarus-made Minsk Superslims, NZ Gold and Queen Menthol cigarettes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials seized the truck and the cargo and launched a pre-trial investigation into the smuggling. The driver had to turn in his documents and leave a cash deposit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is one of the largest shipments of smuggled Belarusian cigarettes intercepted by Lithuanian customs since the start of 2025 after two batches worth \u20ac5.64 and \u20ac2.5 million that were seized earlier this year.<\/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\"> 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\">Belarusian caught smuggling 10 tons of tobacco into Poland<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 19, Pozirk. Polish tax officials detained a Belarusian man who was transporting 10 tons of dried tobacco worth more than $2.4 million without Polish excise stamps, TVP3 Bia\u0142ystok reported yesterday. The incident took place in Suwa\u0142ki, near the border &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/143253\">\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>June 19, Pozirk. Lithuanian customs officials discovered more than 350,000 packs of cigarettes worth \u20ac1.6 million during an X-ray check of a truck transporting ice cream via the Belarusian-Lithuanian border, Lithuanian Customs reported. The incident took place four days ago at the Medininkai-Kamienny \u0141oh border crossing. The truck driver, a Belarusian man, claimed that he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-143279","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarusian ice cream truck driver caught smuggling cigarettes into Lithuania | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 19, Pozirk. 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