{"id":507235,"date":"2026-01-03T17:09:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T14:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=507235"},"modified":"2026-01-03T19:11:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T16:11:58","slug":"belarusian-citizen-detained-with-42-000-packs-of-cigarettes-at-lithuanian-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/belarusian-citizen-detained-with-42-000-packs-of-cigarettes-at-lithuanian-border","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian Citizen Detained With 42,000 Packs of Cigarettes at Lithuanian Border"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A large shipment of smuggled cigarettes was detained at the \u0160al\u010dininkai road border crossing, the Lithuanian Customs Criminal Service reported.<\/p>\n

According to the agency, during an inspection of a minibus entering Lithuania from Belarus, customs officers used an X-ray system to detect specially \u043e\u0431\u043e\u0440\u0443\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435 hiding compartments containing tobacco products. The vehicle had been modified for covert transportation: the ceiling and floor were thickened, and cigarettes were also concealed in the walls and doors. The driver admitted that he had been hiding the cargo for two days. A total of 41,900 packs of cigarettes were seized. Their value, including taxes, exceeds \u20ac217,000.<\/p>\n

A pre-trial investigation has been launched by the Vilnius division of the Customs Criminal Service under the supervision of the Vilnius District Prosecutor\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

According to LRT, the detained Ford Transit was driven by a citizen of Belarus. A preventive measure was imposed on the driver in the form of seizure of documents and an obligation not to leave the country.<\/p>\n

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A large shipment of smuggled cigarettes was detained at the \u0160al\u010dininkai road border crossing, the Lithuanian Customs Criminal Service reported. According to the agency, during an inspection of a minibus entering Lithuania from Belarus, customs officers used an X-ray system to detect specially \u043e\u0431\u043e\u0440\u0443\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435 hiding compartments containing tobacco products. The vehicle had been modified for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":507234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/69593fd23e871.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Belarusian Citizen Detained With 42,000 Packs of Cigarettes at Lithuanian Border"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-507235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}