{"id":572097,"date":"2026-08-28T14:27:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T11:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=572097"},"modified":"2026-08-28T15:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T12:49:10","slug":"polish-border-guards-detain-9-suspected-cigarette-smugglers-including-belarusians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/polish-border-guards-detain-9-suspected-cigarette-smugglers-including-belarusians","title":{"rendered":"Polish Border Guards Detain 9 Suspected Cigarette Smugglers, Including Belarusians"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Polish border guards detained nine people suspected of involvement in smuggling cigarettes from Belarus using weather balloons, the Podlaskie Border Guard Unit reported.<\/p>\n<p>Among those detained were three Polish citizens, four Belarusians and two Lithuanians.<\/p>\n<p>The total value of the seized cigarettes exceeded 620,000 zlotys.<\/p>\n<p>Further arrests are planned.<\/p>\n<p>The border guard service said that since the beginning of the year, 40 people involved in smuggling using weather balloons have been detained in the Podlaskie Voivodeship.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_572055\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-572055\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-572055 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-45903.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-45903.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-45903-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-45903-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-45903-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-572055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Stra\u017c Graniczn\u0430<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_572054\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-572054\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-572054 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-45904.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-45904.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-45904-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-45904-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-45904-599x400.jpg 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-572054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Stra\u017c Graniczn\u0430<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_572053\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-572053\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-572053 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-45905.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-45905.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-45905-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-45905-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-45905-599x400.jpg 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-572053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Stra\u017c Graniczn\u0430<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_572051\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-572051\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-572051 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-45907.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-45907.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-45907-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-45907-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-45907-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-572051\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Stra\u017c Graniczn\u0430<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_572050\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-572050\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-572050 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-45908.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-45908.jpg 900w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-45908-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-45908-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-45908-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-572050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Stra\u017c Graniczna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polish border guards detained nine people suspected of involvement in smuggling cigarettes from Belarus using weather balloons, the Podlaskie Border Guard Unit reported. Among those detained were three Polish citizens, four Belarusians and two Lithuanians. The total value of the seized cigarettes exceeded 620,000 zlotys. Further arrests are planned. The border guard service said that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":572096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6a9183ca3f036.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Polish Border Guards Detain 9 Suspected Cigarette Smugglers, Including Belarusians"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143094],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-572097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-incident"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572097","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=572097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}