{"id":494778,"date":"2025-11-03T19:58:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T16:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=494778"},"modified":"2025-11-03T21:35:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T18:35:54","slug":"drone-carrying-belarusian-cigarettes-flies-into-lithuania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/drone-carrying-belarusian-cigarettes-flies-into-lithuania","title":{"rendered":"Drone Carrying Belarusian Cigarettes Flies Into Lithuania"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>In Lithuania\u2019s \u0160al\u010dininkai District, border guards detected and forced down a drone carrying cigarettes.<\/p>\n<p>The drone, flying from Belarus, was spotted during the night of November 2. Border guards brought it down and went to the crash site, where they found a homemade unmanned aerial vehicle and 750 packs of NZ Gold cigarettes. The shipment\u2019s value is estimated at 3,892 euros.<\/p>\n<p>An administrative investigation has been launched, the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service reported.<\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of this year, Lithuanian border guards have intercepted 51 drones carrying cigarettes from Belarus.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_494780\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-494780\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-494780\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251103-dronas-purv-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251103-dronas-purv-3.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251103-dronas-purv-3-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251103-dronas-purv-3-1200x777.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251103-dronas-purv-3-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251103-dronas-purv-3-618x400.jpg 618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-494780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u0424\u043e\u0442\u043e: vsat.lrv.lt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_494781\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-494781\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-494781\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251103-dronas-purv-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251103-dronas-purv-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251103-dronas-purv-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251103-dronas-purv-1-1200x796.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251103-dronas-purv-1-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251103-dronas-purv-1-603x400.jpg 603w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-494781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u0424\u043e\u0442\u043e: vsat.lrv.lt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Lithuania\u2019s \u0160al\u010dininkai District, border guards detected and forced down a drone carrying cigarettes. The drone, flying from Belarus, was spotted during the night of November 2. Border guards brought it down and went to the crash site, where they found a homemade unmanned aerial vehicle and 750 packs of NZ Gold cigarettes. 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