{"id":594090,"date":"2026-10-26T11:24:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T08:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=594090"},"modified":"2026-10-26T11:38:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T08:38:23","slug":"customs-shuts-down-illegal-fuel-station-near-berastavitsa-border-crossing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/customs-shuts-down-illegal-fuel-station-near-berastavitsa-border-crossing","title":{"rendered":"Customs Shuts Down Illegal Fuel Station Near Berastavitsa Border Crossing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Belarusian customs officials have shut down an illegal fuel station near the Berastavitsa border crossing.<\/p>\n<p>Under the current rules, carriers from EU countries may travel from the border only to designated cargo transfer and trailer-swapping points. They may also use certain petrol stations where fuel prices are higher.<\/p>\n<p>Some Belarusian residents seek to profit from these restrictions by operating illegal mobile fuel stations. A driver working for a Polish transport company was caught while refuelling his truck at one such facility, which was set up in a Ford Transit van.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vehicle used as a fuel station was fitted with a 1,000-litre tank for storing fuel, as well as all the equipment necessary for dispensing it,\u201d the State Customs Committee said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The driver employed by the Polish company was held administratively liable under Article 24.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences for violating the rules governing the movement and refuelling of vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe actions of the individual providing these services will also receive a legal assessment. The inspection materials have been forwarded to the tax authorities,\u201d the State Customs Committee added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_594079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-594079\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-594079 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/photo_2026-10-26_11-23-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/photo_2026-10-26_11-23-01.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/photo_2026-10-26_11-23-01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/photo_2026-10-26_11-23-01-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/photo_2026-10-26_11-23-01-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-594079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: State Customs Committee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_594080\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-594080\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-594080 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/photo_2026-10-26_11-23-00.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/photo_2026-10-26_11-23-00.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/photo_2026-10-26_11-23-00-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/photo_2026-10-26_11-23-00-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/photo_2026-10-26_11-23-00-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-594080\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: State Customs Committee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belarusian customs officials have shut down an illegal fuel station near the Berastavitsa border crossing. Under the current rules, carriers from EU countries may travel from the border only to designated cargo transfer and trailer-swapping points. They may also use certain petrol stations where fuel prices are higher. Some Belarusian residents seek to profit from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":594093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6adf118318404.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Customs Shuts Down Illegal Fuel Station Near Berastavitsa Border Crossing"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143094],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-594090","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\/594090","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=594090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":594094,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594090\/revisions\/594094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}