{"id":206567,"date":"2026-10-07T19:09:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T16:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/206567\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T19:09:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T16:09:24","slug":"two-more-lithuanian-border-guards-arrested-over-cigarette-smuggling-from-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/206567\/","title":{"rendered":"Two more Lithuanian border guards arrested over cigarette smuggling from Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 7, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Two officers of the Var\u0117na Border Control Unit have been arrested as part of a smuggling investigation, the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service reported on October 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The border guards may be charged with abuse of power within the framework of an inquiry targeting the Pag\u0117giai Border Control Unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrests were also made on September 24, September 15 and September 7 as authorities cracked down on the smuggling of cigarettes from Belarus. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result of investigations this year, 13 border control officers have reportedly been given the status of suspects in corruption cases. <\/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\/06\/granica-litva-delfi-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/granica-litva-delfi-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/granica-litva-delfi-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/granica-litva-delfi-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/granica-litva-delfi-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/granica-litva-delfi.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\">Lithuanian border guard under investigation into cigarette smuggling from Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 25, Pozirk. Lithuanian law enforcement officers arrested a border guard in Var\u0117na on September 24 as part of an investigation into cigarette smuggling from Belarus focusing on the Pag\u0117giai Border Detachment, the State Border Guard Service reported. The man, &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/205246\">\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>October 7, Pozirk. Two officers of the Var\u0117na Border Control Unit have been arrested as part of a smuggling investigation, the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service reported on October 7. The border guards may be charged with abuse of power within the framework of an inquiry targeting the Pag\u0117giai Border Control Unit. 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