{"id":148194,"date":"2025-07-25T13:31:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T10:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/148194\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"investigators-uncover-drug-trafficking-route-via-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/148194\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigators uncover drug trafficking route via Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SK_press.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SK_press.jpg 744w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SK_press-354x234.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SK_press-734x485.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SK_press-178x118.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 25, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Belarusian investigators uncovered a drug trafficking route running from the European Union countries to Russia via Belarus, the Investigative Committee\u2019s press office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Law enforcers seized more than 1.5 tons of illegal substances and identified about 14 drug traffickers, it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the trials have already concluded with sentences ranging from 13 to 18 years in prison, it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian customs officers seized 1.6 tons of drugs and psychotropic substances last year, almost twice as much as in 2023, according to the State Customs Committee.<\/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\/07\/narkotiki_batumi_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/narkotiki_batumi_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/narkotiki_batumi_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/narkotiki_batumi_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/narkotiki_batumi_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/narkotiki_batumi_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\">Two Belarusians arrested in Batumi, accused of drug possession<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 8, Pozirk. Police in Batumi arrested two Belarusian nationals, seizing 3 kilograms of cocaine and 13,000 ecstasy pills, the Georgian police reported, citing Deputy Interior Minister Aleksandre Darakhvelidze. Police identified them as R.S., born in 2000, and M.V., born &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/145846\">\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>July 25, Pozirk. Belarusian investigators uncovered a drug trafficking route running from the European Union countries to Russia via Belarus, the Investigative Committee\u2019s press office reports. Law enforcers seized more than 1.5 tons of illegal substances and identified about 14 drug traffickers, it noted. 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