{"id":206864,"date":"2026-10-09T15:08:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/206864\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T15:08:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:08:52","slug":"poland-arrests-six-men-suspected-of-involvement-in-smuggling-cigarettes-from-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/206864\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland arrests six men suspected of involvement in smuggling cigarettes from Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

October 9, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Polish border guards have arrested six people, including two Belarusians, suspected of involvement in smuggling cigarettes from Belarus by air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One Belarusian man was arrested while transporting 11,000 packs of cigarettes worth more than $58,000 in the Knyszyn gmina in northeastern Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four Latvians and one Belarusian were arrested in the Zawady gmina. Border guards seized more than 14,000 packs worth more than $74,000 from the vehicle, in which they were traveling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The six detainees will remain in custody for three months. They have been charged under Poland\u2019s Criminal and Tax Code and also under a law against support for Russia\u2019s aggression against Ukraine and may face at least three years in prison, if convicted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the start of the year, Polish border guards have seized about $2 million worth of smuggled cigarettes, arresting 46 suspects, said the country\u2019s border patrol agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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