{"id":44847,"date":"2022-12-09T18:47:46","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T15:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/lithuanian-customs-find-e1m-worth-of-belarusian-cigarettes-in-tank-truck\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"lithuanian-customs-find-e1m-worth-of-belarusian-cigarettes-in-tank-truck","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44847\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuanian customs find \u20ac1m worth of Belarusian cigarettes in tank truck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>December 9, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Lithuanian customs officers at the Medininkai control point, 2 km away from the border with Belarus, found a batch of smuggled Belarusian-made cigarettes in a tank truck carrying 19 tons of liquefied gas&nbsp;to Russia\u2019s Kaliningrad region, the Lithuanian finance ministry\u2019s customs department said on its website.<\/p>\n<p> During an X-ray inspection, 286,000 packs of Minsk Capital QS cigarettes worth more than \u20ac1 million were found in the tank. The driver was detained for two days, only to be released on his own recognizance.<\/p>\n<p>According to a NielsenIQ study, every fifth cigarette in Lithuania has been smuggled in. Nine out of 10 come from Belarus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 9, BPN. Lithuanian customs officers at the Medininkai control point, 2 km away from the border with Belarus, found a batch of smuggled Belarusian-made cigarettes in a tank truck carrying 19 tons of liquefied gas&nbsp;to Russia\u2019s Kaliningrad region, the Lithuanian finance ministry\u2019s customs department said on its website. 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