{"id":197477,"date":"2026-07-27T20:02:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197477\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T20:02:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:02:35","slug":"lithuania-discovers-another-tunnel-under-border-with-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/197477\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania discovers another tunnel under border with Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 27, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Lithuanian border guards have discovered an unused underground tunnel extending from Belarus into Lithuania near the village of Pie\u0161\u010diai, the country\u2019s State Border Guard Service reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tunnel, about one meter in diameter, extended five meters into Lithuanian territory but had never been used because it had no exit on the Lithuanian side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Border guards found it using special equipment provided by their Polish counterparts. The State Border Guard Service has launched a pretrial investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tunnels are often used by undocumented migrants from third countries traveling from Belarus to the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In May, Lithuanian border guards apprehended nearly 40 undocumented migrants who had crossed the border through an underground tunnel.<\/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\/05\/migranty_podkop_sogg_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/migranty_podkop_sogg_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/migranty_podkop_sogg_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/migranty_podkop_sogg_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/migranty_podkop_sogg_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/migranty_podkop_sogg_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/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\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Lithuanian border guards \u201creturn\u201d 38 undocumented migrants to Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 26, Pozirk. Lithuanian border guards rounded up and \u201creturned to Belarus\u201d yesterday 36 men and two women who crossed into the country through a tunnel, the country\u2019s State Border Guard Service reported on May 26. Thirty-six people said they &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/189288\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 27, Pozirk. Lithuanian border guards have discovered an unused underground tunnel extending from Belarus into Lithuania near the village of Pie\u0161\u010diai, the country\u2019s State Border Guard Service reported. The tunnel, about one meter in diameter, extended five meters into Lithuanian territory but had never been used because it had no exit on the Lithuanian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":197475,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-197477","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lithuania discovers another tunnel under border with Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 27, Pozirk. 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