{"id":599855,"date":"2026-11-06T16:20:39","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T13:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=599855"},"modified":"2026-11-06T17:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T14:11:16","slug":"two-belarusians-arrested-in-latvia-on-suspicion-of-cigarette-smuggling-boxes-thrown-from-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/two-belarusians-arrested-in-latvia-on-suspicion-of-cigarette-smuggling-boxes-thrown-from-train","title":{"rendered":"Two Belarusians Arrested in Latvia on Suspicion of Cigarette Smuggling \u2013 Boxes Thrown From Train"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Two Belarusian citizens \u2013 a train driver and his assistant \u2013 have been detained in Daugavpils on suspicion of smuggling a large consignment of cigarettes, Latvian police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vp.gov.lv\/lv\/jaunums\/daugavpili-par-kontrabandu-liela-apmera-aiztureti-divi-baltkrievijas-pilsoni-cigaretes-izmestas-no-braucosa-vilciena\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The men were detained on November 4 after authorities received information about the illegal circulation of excise goods. According to police, the driver and his assistant threw several boxes of cigarettes from a moving train travelling from Belarus to Daugavpils.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 140,000 NZ Gold cigarettes bearing Belarusian excise stamps were seized.<\/p>\n<p>A criminal case has been opened under the article covering smuggling committed by an organised group or on a large scale. On November 6, police intend to ask a court to remand both detainees in custody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Belarusian citizens \u2013 a train driver and his assistant \u2013 have been detained in Daugavpils on suspicion of smuggling a large consignment of cigarettes, Latvian police reported. The men were detained on November 4 after authorities received information about the illegal circulation of excise goods. According to police, the driver and his assistant threw [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":599856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/6aede0075c1f5.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Two Belarusians Arrested in Latvia on Suspicion of Cigarette Smuggling \u2013 Boxes Thrown From Train"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143094],"tags":[143247,143171],"class_list":["post-599855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-incident","tag-kontrabanda-sigaret","tag-latvija"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599855","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=599855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":599857,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599855\/revisions\/599857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}