{"id":535475,"date":"2026-04-22T13:46:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=535475"},"modified":"2026-04-22T14:23:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:23:50","slug":"belarusian-man-detained-in-poland-with-fake-cigarette-filter-wrappers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/belarusian-man-detained-in-poland-with-fake-cigarette-filter-wrappers","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian Man Detained in Poland With Fake Cigarette Filter Wrappers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A 45-year-old Belarusian citizen who was transporting counterfeit cigarette filter wrappers has been detained in Poland. A criminal case has been opened.<\/p>\n

Polish customs officers stopped a truck in Budzisko near the Polish-Lithuanian border. The driver could not clearly answer questions about what cargo he was transporting in the trailer, the Tax and Customs Chamber in Bia\u0142ystok reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The vehicle was sent for scanning and the cargo was inspected. Customs officers found 657 rolls of cigarette filter wrappers bearing the trademarks of a well-known tobacco brand in the trailer. The total weight of the cargo exceeded 3.5 tonnes. Its value is estimated at 131,000 zlotys ($36,300).<\/p>\n

Customs officers contacted a representative of the company that owns the trademark rights, who confirmed that the seized goods were counterfeit and filed a complaint seeking criminal prosecution of those responsible.<\/p>\n

An investigation has been launched. The truck driver was questioned. Marking goods with counterfeit trademarks carries a penalty of up to five years in prison.<\/p>\n

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A 45-year-old Belarusian citizen who was transporting counterfeit cigarette filter wrappers has been detained in Poland. A criminal case has been opened. Polish customs officers stopped a truck in Budzisko near the Polish-Lithuanian border. The driver could not clearly answer questions about what cargo he was transporting in the trailer, the Tax and Customs Chamber […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":535474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69e8afc96d347.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Belarusian Man Detained in Poland With Fake Cigarette Filter Wrappers"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143094],"tags":[143248],"class_list":["post-535475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-incident","tag-polsha"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535475","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=535475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}