{"id":157782,"date":"2025-09-30T12:43:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T09:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/157782\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"belarusian-italian-arrested-at-border-for-drug-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/157782\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian, Italian arrested at border for drug trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 30, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The State Customs Committee (SCC) reported two drug trafficking-related arrests at the Kamienny \u0141oh border checkpoint on the Lithuanian-Belarusian border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both arrested were travelling by regular bus routes, it said, noting that sniffer dogs helped detect the prohibited substances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Customs officers found an LSD package in the wallet belonging to a Belarusian national, while the second incident involved an Italian who hid marijuana in his personal belongings. The suspects face criminal charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, Belarusian authorities seized 1,622 tons of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, nearly twice the amount confiscated in 2023. More than 550 cases of drug smuggling and trafficking were reported, resulting in 310 criminal cases, 13 percent more than in the previous 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\/2025\/08\/psikhotropy_gtk-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/psikhotropy_gtk-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/psikhotropy_gtk-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/psikhotropy_gtk-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/psikhotropy_gtk-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/psikhotropy_gtk.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\">Belarus customs seize over 600 kg of psychoactive drugs<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 28, Pozirk. The State Customs Committee (SCC) has reported seizing more than 637 kilograms of the psychoactive substance 4-CMC and dismantling a major international drug trafficking route from the European Union to Russia. According to the SCC, a shipment &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/152890\">\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>September 30, Pozirk. The State Customs Committee (SCC) reported two drug trafficking-related arrests at the Kamienny \u0141oh border checkpoint on the Lithuanian-Belarusian border. Both arrested were travelling by regular bus routes, it said, noting that sniffer dogs helped detect the prohibited substances. Customs officers found an LSD package in the wallet belonging to a Belarusian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-157782","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, Italian arrested at border for drug trafficking | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 30, Pozirk. 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