{"id":546439,"date":"2026-05-28T16:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T13:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=546439"},"modified":"2026-05-28T19:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:44:15","slug":"attempt-made-to-illegally-import-fishing-gear-worth-360-000-rubles-into-belarus-from-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/attempt-made-to-illegally-import-fishing-gear-worth-360-000-rubles-into-belarus-from-russia","title":{"rendered":"Attempt Made to Illegally Import Fishing Gear Worth 360,000 Rubles Into Belarus From Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Belarusian customs authorities prevented the illegal import of fishing equipment into the country. The carrier hid the goods inside yarn.<\/p>\n<p>A \u0433\u0440\u0443\u0437\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0439 vehicle was stopped at the Belarusian-Russian border. The driver presented documents declaring the transportation of about 800 kilograms of yarn. Customs officers inspected the cargo compartment and, in addition to the declared goods, discovered more than 100,000 units of fishing equipment. The driver had no documents for the goods.<\/p>\n<p>The value of the smuggled cargo is estimated at nearly 360,000 rubles. Administrative proceedings have been initiated against a Belarusian sole proprietor. He faces a fine of up to 50% of the value of the goods, the State Customs Committee reported.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_546377\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-546377\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-546377\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-28_16-22-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-28_16-22-10.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-28_16-22-10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-28_16-22-10-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-28_16-22-10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-28_16-22-10-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-546377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: State Customs Committee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_546375\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-546375\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-546375\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-28_16-22-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-28_16-22-17.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-28_16-22-17-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-28_16-22-17-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-28_16-22-17-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-28_16-22-17-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-546375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: State Customs Committee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_546374\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-546374\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-546374\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-28_16-22-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-28_16-22-05.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-28_16-22-05-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-28_16-22-05-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-28_16-22-05-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/photo_2026-05-28_16-22-05-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-546374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: State Customs Committee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belarusian customs authorities prevented the illegal import of fishing equipment into the country. The carrier hid the goods inside yarn. A \u0433\u0440\u0443\u0437\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0439 vehicle was stopped at the Belarusian-Russian border. The driver presented documents declaring the transportation of about 800 kilograms of yarn. Customs officers inspected the cargo compartment and, in addition to the declared goods, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":546438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6a1870e308f8b.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Attempt Made to Illegally Import Fishing Gear Worth 360,000 Rubles Into Belarus From Russia"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143094],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-546439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-incident"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546439","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=546439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}