{"id":552261,"date":"2026-06-18T15:43:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=552261"},"modified":"2026-06-18T17:27:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:27:24","slug":"two-suspected-psychotropic-drug-couriers-detained-in-dzyarzhynsk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/two-suspected-psychotropic-drug-couriers-detained-in-dzyarzhynsk","title":{"rendered":"Two Suspected Psychotropic Drug Couriers Detained in Dzyarzhynsk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Belarusian border service officers detained two citizens in Dzyarzhynsk on June 16 for transporting a psychotropic substance. The detention took place during operational search activities aimed at disrupting a drug supply channel into Belarus.<\/p>\n<p>A forensic examination established that the seized substance contained mephedrone and 4-CMC. The inquiry body of the Smarhon Border Group has opened a criminal case under an article covering the illegal trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. The detainees face up to five years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Operational and investigative measures to identify all individuals involved and uncover channels used to supply psychotropic substances to Belarus are ongoing, the State Border Committee of Belarus <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/gpkgovby\/9197?single\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_552209\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-552209\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-17_10-44-44-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-552209 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-17_10-44-44-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-17_10-44-44-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-17_10-44-44-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-17_10-44-44-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-17_10-44-44-2-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-17_10-44-44-2-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-552209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: t.me\/gpkgovby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_552210\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-552210\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-17_10-44-44-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-552210 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-17_10-44-44-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-17_10-44-44-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-17_10-44-44-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-17_10-44-44-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-17_10-44-44-3-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-17_10-44-44-3-1067x800.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-552210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: t.me\/gpkgovby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belarusian border service officers detained two citizens in Dzyarzhynsk on June 16 for transporting a psychotropic substance. The detention took place during operational search activities aimed at disrupting a drug supply channel into Belarus. A forensic examination established that the seized substance contained mephedrone and 4-CMC. The inquiry body of the Smarhon Border Group has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":552260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a34004feed79.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Two Suspected Psychotropic Drug Couriers Detained in Dzyarzhynsk"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143094],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-552261","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\/552261","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=552261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}