A Cigarette “Snowflake” Floated Into Lithuania Along the Neris River

Lithuanian border guards pulled a cigarette “snowflake” out of the Neris River.

The raft, shaped like a snowflake, was carrying 2,400 packs of NZ Gold cigarettes bearing Belarusian excise stamps. The cigarettes were wrapped in plastic and concealed in cavities inside the raft. The shipment was valued at more than €13,000.

An investigation into the smuggling has been launched.