{"id":588456,"date":"2026-10-12T19:05:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T16:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=588456"},"modified":"2026-10-12T19:28:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T16:28:43","slug":"two-drones-carrying-cigarettes-fly-from-belarus-to-lithuania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/two-drones-carrying-cigarettes-fly-from-belarus-to-lithuania","title":{"rendered":"Two Drones Carrying Cigarettes Fly From Belarus to Lithuania"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lithuanian border guards intercepted two drones carrying contraband cigarettes that had flown in from Belarus overnight from October 9 to 10. The incidents occurred in the \u0160ven\u010dionys and Vilnius districts, the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service (VSAT) reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Friday night, border guards spotted a drone near the settlement of Aduti\u0161kis in the \u0160ven\u010dionys district. It was brought down using anti-drone equipment. In the morning, a box wrapped in plastic film was found about 400 metres from the border. Another box attached to the drone was discovered 300 metres away.<\/p>\n

A total of 1,000 packs of Minsk City MS cigarettes bearing Belarusian excise stamps were seized. Their value is estimated at 5,510 euros.<\/p>\n

The second drone was intercepted near the village of \u0160iuliai in the Vilnius district. After control of the drone was intercepted, it crashed in a forest about 500 metres from the border. A package containing 250 packs of Belarusian NZ Gold cigarettes was attached to the device.<\/p>\n

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Lithuanian border guards intercepted two drones carrying contraband cigarettes that had flown in from Belarus overnight from October 9 to 10. The incidents occurred in the \u0160ven\u010dionys and Vilnius districts, the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service (VSAT) reported. On Friday night, border guards spotted a drone near the settlement of Aduti\u0161kis in the \u0160ven\u010dionys district. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":588459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6acd0abeb4036.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Two Drones Carrying Cigarettes Fly From Belarus to Lithuania"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143284,143094],"tags":[143247],"class_list":["post-588456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","category-incident","tag-kontrabanda-sigaret"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588456","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=588456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":588460,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588456\/revisions\/588460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}