Lithuanian Border Guards Seize Large Shipment Of Smuggled Cigarettes

Reform.news Editorial Team · 13 November 2026, 13:04

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The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service has reported an operation targeting smugglers in Alytus. Two people were detained and more than 40,000 packs of cigarettes worth €250,000 were seized.

First, border guards detained a man in one of Alytus’s garage cooperatives as he was loading smuggled cigarettes into a Volvo S80. A total of 25,280 packs of cigarettes bearing Belarusian excise stamps, as well as packs without such stamps, were found in the garage.

Later, another man was detained near the same garage. He is a co-owner of the garage. Searches were subsequently carried out at other premises, where cigarettes, cash and other items were also seized.