Cigarettes Worth $6.6 Million Seized at the Belarusian-Polish Border
Polish customs officers have seized a shipment of cigarettes with a market value of more than 25 million…
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Large Shipment of Cigarettes and Medicines Seized at Polish Border
Polish customs officers have intercepted a large shipment of Belarusian cigarettes and medicines being smuggled into Poland. The…
Belarusian Fined at Polish Border for Cigarette Smuggling
Polish customs officers found smuggled cigarettes in the car of a Belarusian citizen at the Bobrowniki border crossing…
Lithuania Intercepts Three-Meter Smuggling Drone Equipped With a Parachute
Lithuanian border guards intercepted a fixed-wing drone that had crossed into the country from Belarus, the State Border…
Poland Uncovers Another Group Smuggling Cigarettes From Belarus
Polish authorities have carried out another operation against a group involved in smuggling cigarettes from Belarus. The operation…
Drone Carrying Belarusian Cigarettes Intercepted in Lithuania
Another drone carrying contraband cigarettes entered Lithuania from Belarus, the Lithuanian Border Guard Service reported. Lithuanian border guards…
Seven People Detained in Poland Over Belarusian Cigarette Smuggling Scheme
Seven people have been detained in Poland on suspicion of smuggling Belarusian cigarettes through Lithuania into Poland in…
Another Group Smuggling Belarusian Cigarettes Uncovered in Poland
Poland’s Central Bureau of Investigation of the Police has reported the dismantling of another smuggling group involved in…
30 Packs of Cigarettes Thrown Over the Fence From Belarus Into Lithuania
Lithuanian border guards discovered 30 packages of cigarettes worth €16,530 on the Lithuanian-Belarusian border. On June 7, border…
Weather Balloon Carrying Belarusian Cigarettes Lands in Latvia
On June 6, Latvian border guards discovered a weather balloon in Augšdaugava Municipality. Attached to the balloon was…
Belarusian Detained in Poland on Suspicion of Cigarette Smuggling
Polish authorities have detained a 36-year-old Belarusian man and a 22-year-old Polish citizen on suspicion of cigarette smuggling.…
Lithuanian Police Identify More Than a Dozen Cigarette Smuggling Groups Operating From Belarus
Lithuanian police have identified more than a dozen groups involved in smuggling cigarettes from Belarus. Some of them…
Lithuanian Ordered to Pay More Than €40,000 for Smuggling Cigarettes Using a Weather Balloon
A Lithuanian citizen has been fined heavily for smuggling Belarusian cigarettes using a weather balloon. He was also…
Belarusian Citizens and Lithuanian Border Guard Detained in Cigarette Smuggling Case
Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service has detained a shipment of contraband cigarettes bearing Belarusian excise stamps and several…
Lithuania Disrupts Major Belarusian Cigarette Smuggling Route Using Weather Balloons, Three Detained
Lithuanian police have dismantled an organised scheme for smuggling cigarettes bearing Belarusian excise stamps in the Šalčininkai District.…
Poland Dismantles Smuggling Gang Bringing Cigarettes From Belarus
Poland’s Border Guard, together with the National Revenue Administration, has dismantled a gang involved in smuggling cigarettes from…
Snowflake-Shaped Raft Carrying Cigarettes Floats Into Lithuania From Belarus
Another raft carrying cigarettes has floated from Belarus into Lithuania. It was recovered from the Neris River in…
Major Operation Against Cigarette Smugglers Conducted in Lithuania
A major operation targeting cigarette smugglers has been carried out in Lithuania. Lithuanian media reported investigative actions earlier…
Weather Balloon Carrying Cigarettes Arrives In Lithuania
Lithuanian border guards discovered another weather balloon carrying cigarettes that had arrived from Belarus. On May 13, border…
Lithuanian Police Conduct Raid Against Smugglers, Four People Detained
Lithuanian police on May 12-13 conducted an operation targeting individuals involved in cigarette smuggling from Belarus using weather…
Weather Balloon Carrying Cigarettes Lands in Kaunas
A weather balloon landed in Kaunas on the night of 12-13 May. Boxes containing 9,000 packs of Belarusian…
Belarusian Cigarettes Found Hidden in Beet Pulp by Russian Customs Officers
Russian customs officials on the Russian-Latvian border uncovered a shipment of smuggled Belarusian cigarettes. A total of 12,500…
Another Cigarette-Smuggling Drone Arrives in Lithuania
Lithuanian border guards intercepted another drone carrying cigarettes that had crossed from Belarus. The drone was spotted in…
Six Lithuanian Residents Convicted for Cigarette Smuggling from Belarus, Including Former Border Guard
The Panevėžys Regional Court has found six residents of Vilnius, Trakai, Visaginas, and Rokiškis guilty of smuggling cigarettes…
Two Belarusian Drones Carrying Cigarettes Intercepted In Lithuania
On the evening of May 1, Lithuanian border guards intercepted two drones carrying cigarettes that had flown in…
Weather Balloon Carrying Package Found in Lesser Poland Voivodeship
A weather balloon with boxes attached to it was found in the settlement of Iwkowa in Poland’s Lesser…
Belarusian Sentenced in Poland to Prison Term for $1 Million Cigarette Smuggling
A Belarusian citizen has been sentenced in Poland to one year and two months in prison in a…
Raft With Belarusian Cigarettes Floats Into Latvia
On Sunday, April 26, Latvian border guards recovered a raft carrying cigarettes from the Daugava River that had…
Belarusian Detained In Poland Over Cigarette Smuggling Using Weather Balloons
The Border Guard in Biała Podlaska is investigating a criminal case involving an organised crime group that smuggled…
Another Drone Carrying Cigarettes Flies Into Lithuania
Another drone that arrived from Belarus has been found near the Lithuanian border, the Lithuanian State Border Guard…
Two Belarusians and a Pole Detained for Airborne Cigarette Smuggling into Poland
Polish border guards detained three people over the weekend who had arrived in the border zone to collect…
Six Cars With Contraband Cigarettes Detained at the Polish Border
Polish customs officers discovered contraband in six cars entering Poland from Belarus. In all cases, the drivers were…
Latvian Border Guards Pull Tires Filled With Cigarettes From the Daugava for Second Time in a Week
On April 16, Latvian border guards pulled two tractor tires filled with Belarusian cigarettes from the Daugava River.…
Smugglers Return to Old Methods in Lithuania — Throwing Cigarettes Across the Border
Lithuanian border guards detained 1,300 packs of Belarusian cigarettes and a local resident who received the goods at…
Former Polish Customs Officers on Trial in Białystok Over Cigarette Smuggling from Belarus
A trial is underway at the District Court in Białystok involving nine defendants accused of large-scale cigarette smuggling…
Lithuanian Customs Officers Had to Dismantle Belarusian’s Car to Reach Cigarettes
A Belarusian hid cigarettes so securely inside his car that Lithuanian customs officers had to call firefighters for…
Belarusian and Pole Detained in Poland for Smuggling Cigarettes by Weather Balloons
Police in Bialystok detained a 24-year-old Polish citizen and a 36-year-old Belarusian citizen. They are accused of smuggling…
Large Shipment Of Contraband Cigarettes From Belarus Seized In Poland
A large shipment of contraband cigarettes from Belarus has been seized in Poland, the Polish Border Guard said.…
Drone From Belarus Intercepted In Lithuania
On the night of March 24–25, Lithuanian border guards intercepted a drone that had entered from Belarus in…
Weather Balloon Carrying Cigarettes Lands In Lithuanian Yard
A weather balloon carrying cigarettes landed overnight Thursday in the yard of a resident in the town of…
Cigarette Smuggling Hidden In Pellets Intercepted At Polish Border
Polish customs officers discovered Belarusian cigarettes in a freight train in Terespol. They had been hidden in wagons…
More Weather Balloons Carrying Cigarettes Arrive In Poland
In Poland, two people have been detained for transporting cigarettes smuggled from Belarus using weather balloons. Polish border…
Lithuania Calls Inclusion of Weather Balloons in EU Anti-Drone Plan a Diplomatic Victory
The Lithuanian Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence supports the European Commission’s action plan to counter drone-related…
Lithuanian Border Guards Intercept 7 Airborne Smuggling Shipments From Belarus
On Tuesday, seven airborne shipments of smuggled cigarettes were intercepted in Lithuania. All of them were delivered from…
Belarusian Cigarettes Found on Freight Train at Polish Border
Polish customs officers intercepted Belarusian cigarettes that were being smuggled on a freight train, the Tax and Customs…