{"id":580789,"date":"2026-09-24T13:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T10:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=580789"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:44:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T10:44:00","slug":"belarusian-cigarettes-found-in-freight-train-and-truck-wheels-at-polish-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/belarusian-cigarettes-found-in-freight-train-and-truck-wheels-at-polish-border","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian Cigarettes Found in Freight Train and Truck Wheels at Polish Border"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p lang=\"en\">Polish customs officers discovered several batches of Belarusian cigarettes that were being illegally brought into Poland.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">In Koroszczyn, a Belarusian truck driver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lubelskie.kas.gov.pl\/lubelski-urzad-celno-skarbowy-w-bialej-podlaskiej\/wiadomosci\/aktualnosci\/-\/asset_publisher\/hYy0\/content\/w-kolach-dachach-i-podlogach-%E2%80%93-udaremnione-przemyty-papierosow?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_\">attempted<\/a> to smuggle more than 3,000 packs of cigarettes by hiding them in the wheels. He was fined 50,000 zlotys (about $13,000).<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">Another batch of cigarettes was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.pl\/web\/ias-bialystok\/udaremniony-przemyt-papierosowej-kontrabandy\">discovered<\/a> at the Ku\u017anica border crossing. Some 20,000 cigarettes were hidden in a freight train car traveling from Belarus. They are estimated to be worth more than 20,000 zlotys ($5,180).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_580764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-580764\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-580764\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1460x616-6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1460x616-6.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1460x616-6-300x127.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1460x616-6-1200x506.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1460x616-6-768x324.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-580764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: gov.pl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_580765\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-580765\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-580765\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/156f09e7-89bd-47c0-86fb-f78483c4f703.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/156f09e7-89bd-47c0-86fb-f78483c4f703.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/156f09e7-89bd-47c0-86fb-f78483c4f703-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/156f09e7-89bd-47c0-86fb-f78483c4f703-1200x800.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/156f09e7-89bd-47c0-86fb-f78483c4f703-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-580765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: gov.pl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polish customs officers discovered several batches of Belarusian cigarettes that were being illegally brought into Poland. In Koroszczyn, a Belarusian truck driver attempted to smuggle more than 3,000 packs of cigarettes by hiding them in the wheels. He was fined 50,000 zlotys (about $13,000). Another batch of cigarettes was discovered at the Ku\u017anica border crossing. 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