{"id":184197,"date":"2026-04-18T17:07:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T14:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/184197\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T17:07:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T14:07:22","slug":"latvian-border-guards-recover-raft-with-belarusian-cigarettes-from-daugava-river","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/184197\/","title":{"rendered":"Latvian border guards recover raft with Belarusian cigarettes from Daugava River"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 18, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Latvian border guards in the Kr\u0101slava Municipality on April 16 recovered a raft carrying smuggled cigarettes from Belarus along the Daugava River (Western Dvina).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The border guards seized 3,103 packs of NZ Gold Superslim with Belarusian excise duty stamps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four days before border guards recovered a similar raft with 3,306 packs of cigarettes.<\/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\"> \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\">Lithuania intercepts two rafts with smuggled Belarusian cigarettes<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 14, Pozirk. Lithuanian border guards found two rafts carrying contraband tobacco products in rivers along the border with Belarus on April 8 and 9, Lithuania&#039;s State Border Guard Service reports. One of the rafts carrying 480 packs of cigarettes &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/183555\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 18, Pozirk. Latvian border guards in the Kr\u0101slava Municipality on April 16 recovered a raft carrying smuggled cigarettes from Belarus along the Daugava River (Western Dvina). The border guards seized 3,103 packs of NZ Gold Superslim with Belarusian excise duty stamps. 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