{"id":107064,"date":"2024-09-29T20:18:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T17:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/107064\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"weather-balloon-with-contraband-belarusian-cigarettes-falls-at-vilnius-airport","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/107064\/","title":{"rendered":"Balloon with contraband Belarusian cigarettes falls at Vilnius airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/vilnyusskij-aeroport_tuda-suda_by.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/vilnyusskij-aeroport_tuda-suda_by.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/vilnyusskij-aeroport_tuda-suda_by-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/vilnyusskij-aeroport_tuda-suda_by-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/vilnyusskij-aeroport_tuda-suda_by-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/vilnyusskij-aeroport_tuda-suda_by-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(tuda-suda.by)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 29, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> A small, uncontrolled balloon carrying contraband Belarusian cigarettes fell in the territory of the Vilnius Airport, <em>lrt.lt<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lithuanian MP Dainius Gai\u017eauskas said on Facebook that the weather balloon carried a 20-kg load.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It turns out that hundreds of balloons have been smuggling cargoes from Belarus to Lithuania for a year, he said. One balloon can carry about 1,000 cigarette packs, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vilnius police spokesperson Loreta Kairien\u0117 told <em>BNS<\/em> that, according to preliminary information, a hot air balloon burst over the airport and a box fell onto the territory. It was wrapped in black packaging covering Minsk cigarette packs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n                                <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Lithuania seizes \u20ac10m worth of smuggled cigarettes in H1<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 6, Pozirk. Lithuanian customs officers seized 6.9 million packs of smuggled cigarettes worth more than \u20ac9.7 million, including mandatory taxes, in January\u2013June. According to the service, officers opened 32 investigations into smuggling. The Russian border accounted for 77 percent &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/103924\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 29, Pozirk. A small, uncontrolled balloon carrying contraband Belarusian cigarettes fell in the territory of the Vilnius Airport, lrt.lt reported. Lithuanian MP Dainius Gai\u017eauskas said on Facebook that the weather balloon carried a 20-kg load. It turns out that hundreds of balloons have been smuggling cargoes from Belarus to Lithuania for a year, he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":107045,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-107064","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Balloon with contraband Belarusian cigarettes falls at Vilnius airport | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 29, Pozirk. 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