{"id":561709,"date":"2026-07-22T15:48:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=561709"},"modified":"2026-07-22T22:08:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:08:59","slug":"cigarettes-seized-from-freight-train-arriving-from-belarus-at-polish-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/cigarettes-seized-from-freight-train-arriving-from-belarus-at-polish-border","title":{"rendered":"Cigarettes Seized From Freight Train Arriving From Belarus at Polish Border"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Polish customs officers discovered smuggled cigarettes in a freight train that arrived from Belarus, the Polish customs service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lubelskie.kas.gov.pl\/lubelski-urzad-celno-skarbowy-w-bialej-podlaskiej\/wiadomosci\/aktualnosci\/-\/asset_publisher\/hYy0\/content\/papierosy-w-wagonie-towarowym?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lubelskie.kas.gov.pl%2Flubelski-urzad-celno-skarbowy-w-bialej-podlaskiej%2Fwiadomosci%2Faktualnosci%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_hYy0%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-2%26p_p_col_count%3D1#p_p_id_101_INSTANCE_hYy0_\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The train was inspected at the Terespol border crossing. A total of 350 packs of Minsk cigarettes were concealed inside the frame of one of the flatbed railcars. The shipment is valued at 7,200 zlotys (about $1,900).<\/p>\n<p>Criminal proceedings have been initiated. None of the train crew members admitted responsibility for the smuggling.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_561642\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-561642\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-561642\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/article-1-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/article-1-2.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/article-1-2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/article-1-2-1200x800.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/article-1-2-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/article-1-2-600x400.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-561642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: lubelskie.kas.gov.pl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polish customs officers discovered smuggled cigarettes in a freight train that arrived from Belarus, the Polish customs service reported. The train was inspected at the Terespol border crossing. A total of 350 packs of Minsk cigarettes were concealed inside the frame of one of the flatbed railcars. The shipment is valued at 7,200 zlotys (about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":561708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a61154e7cbf5.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Cigarettes Seized From Freight Train Arriving From Belarus at Polish Border"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143094],"tags":[143247,143248],"class_list":["post-561709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-incident","tag-kontrabanda-sigaret","tag-polsha"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561709","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=561709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}