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Six people have been detained in Lithuania on suspicion of smuggling Belarusian cigarettes. The operation took place on October 22, the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service reports.
Four men were detained near a private house in the city of Kėdainiai. Two of them had brought boxes of Belarusian cigarettes in a car with Lithuanian license plates. The other two were helping unload the boxes from the vehicle. According to preliminary information, the cigarettes had been transported from Belarus using weather balloons.
During a search of the house, additional boxes of cigarettes were found. Border guards believe these had also been transported from Belarus using balloons. A white powder wrapped in a banknote was also found in the house. The substance was sent for examination.
Two more men were detained on another street in the same city. They are suspected of escorting the smuggled cargo.
All six men were remanded in custody.