{"id":529544,"date":"2026-03-30T09:27:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T06:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=529544"},"modified":"2026-03-30T10:13:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:13:25","slug":"large-shipment-of-contraband-cigarettes-from-belarus-seized-in-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/large-shipment-of-contraband-cigarettes-from-belarus-seized-in-poland","title":{"rendered":"Large Shipment Of Contraband Cigarettes From Belarus Seized In Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>A large shipment of contraband cigarettes from Belarus has been seized in Poland, the Polish Border Guard said.<\/p>\n<p>A van with Polish registration plates was stopped by border guards and customs and tax service officers near Bia\u0142a Podlaska on suspicion of illegally transporting excise goods.<\/p>\n<p>During an inspection of the vehicle, officers discovered 1.78 million cigarettes of various brands bearing Belarusian excise stamps. The market value of the shipment is estimated at 1.5 million zlotys (around $400,000).<\/p>\n<p>Two Polish citizens living in the Lublin Voivodeship were detained. They have been charged with possession and transportation of illegal excise goods.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_529531\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-529531\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-529531 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1-43588.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1-43588.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1-43588-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1-43588-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1-43588-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1-43588-1067x800.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-529531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Stra\u017c Graniczna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A large shipment of contraband cigarettes from Belarus has been seized in Poland, the Polish Border Guard said. A van with Polish registration plates was stopped by border guards and customs and tax service officers near Bia\u0142a Podlaska on suspicion of illegally transporting excise goods. During an inspection of the vehicle, officers discovered 1.78 million [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":529543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/69ca2299d99a2.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Large Shipment Of Contraband Cigarettes From Belarus Seized In Poland"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143284,143094],"tags":[143247],"class_list":["post-529544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","category-incident","tag-kontrabanda-sigaret"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529544","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=529544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}