Border Patrol Seizes 9 Ballooned Cigarette Shipments
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Nine cargoes of cigarettes flying from Belarus to Lithuania in balloons were intercepted on Thursday. In total, more than 55,000 packages of illegal smokers entered VSAT warehouses as a result of these operations.
On Thursday, 9 shipments of cigarettes flown from Belarus to Lithuania by hot air balloon were intercepted. In total, more than 55 thousand packs of illegal cigarettes entered the warehouses of the State Security Service after these operations. After the state took active measures to combat smuggling by hot air balloon, such attempts have decreased several times this year.
Lithuanian borderers ensure over 55,000 packs of cigarettes smuggled from Belarus via GPS balloon. Read more about the new tactics.
On Thursday, 8 October, nine shipments of Belrus cigarettes were intercepted by Lithuanian border guards and transported across the border at the Meteozonde. Four cases were recorded in the Varen district, three in the Kaisjador region and one in the Ukmerg and Panevage regions, reported by the Lithuanian State Border Security Service.
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