{"id":179126,"date":"2026-03-12T17:14:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/179126\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T17:14:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:14:34","slug":"lithuania-records-a-decline-in-cigarette-smuggling-by-air","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/179126\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania records a decline in cigarette smuggling by air"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 12, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Lithuanian border guards intercepted 57 cargos of cigarettes smuggled from Belarus by air balloons from January 1 to March 12, said the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That was a marked decline from 189 in the same period last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Border guards detained 28 people suspected of involvement in smuggling this year. In 2025, border guards detained 171 suspects and intercepted 635 air cargoes.<\/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\/2026\/02\/sigarety_straz_graniczna-1-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sigarety_straz_graniczna-1-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sigarety_straz_graniczna-1-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sigarety_straz_graniczna-1-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sigarety_straz_graniczna-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sigarety_straz_graniczna-1.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\">Cigarette smugglers use black balloons to avoid detection at night<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 27, Pozirk. Polish border guards have reported another incursion of weather balloons with contraband cigarettes from Belarus, noting that smugglers used black balloons to mask their activities at night. Smuggled cigarettes were found during an inspection of an Audi &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/177518\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 12, Pozirk. Lithuanian border guards intercepted 57 cargos of cigarettes smuggled from Belarus by air balloons from January 1 to March 12, said the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service. That was a marked decline from 189 in the same period last year. Border guards detained 28 people suspected of involvement in smuggling this year. 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