{"id":159481,"date":"2025-10-10T14:10:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/159481\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lithuanian-police-seize-e40000-worth-of-belarusian-made-cigarettes","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/159481\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuanian police seize \u20ac40,000 worth of Belarusian-made cigarettes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 10,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Lithuanian police have seized more than 8,000 cigarettes worth \u20ac40,000 with Belarusian excise duty stamps during a search in Taurag\u0117.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The owner of basement, where the cigarettes were found, is under investigation. About 45 percent of smuggled cigarettes seized by Lithuanian border guards this year came from Belarus, and 54.1 percent from Latvia.<\/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\/05\/meteozond_VSAT_1128_20240529_-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/meteozond_VSAT_1128_20240529_-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/meteozond_VSAT_1128_20240529_-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/meteozond_VSAT_1128_20240529_-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/meteozond_VSAT_1128_20240529_-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/meteozond_VSAT_1128_20240529_.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Flooded by cigarettes from Belarus, Lithuania considers stricter crackdown on illegal storage<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 7, Pozirk. Lithuanian officials are considering a reduction in the amount of cigarettes that can be legally possessed before it becomes subject to criminal prosecution for illegal storage. This move comes amid frequent airspace violations involving cigarette-smuggling balloons from &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/158924\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 10,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Lithuanian police have seized more than 8,000 cigarettes worth \u20ac40,000 with Belarusian excise duty stamps during a search in Taurag\u0117. The owner of basement, where the cigarettes were found, is under investigation. About 45 percent of smuggled cigarettes seized by Lithuanian border guards this year came from Belarus, and 54.1 percent from Latvia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-159481","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>Lithuanian police seize \u20ac40,000 worth of Belarusian-made cigarettes | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 10,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Lithuanian police have seized more than 8,000 cigarettes worth \u20ac40,000 with Belarusian excise duty stamps during a search in\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/159481\/\" \/>\n<meta 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