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May 27, Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Latvian border guards have intercepted a weather balloon with smuggled Belarusian-made cigarettes in the Ludza area. It had drifted across the border from Russia and landed 100 meters off the border fence, the State Border Guard reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attached to it was a box, wrapped in plastic sheeting, containing 30,000 NZ Gold cigarettes with Belarusian excise stamps on packs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day earlier, Latvia reported a seizure of Belarusian cigarettes smuggled in freight cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also read: Latvia seizes smuggled Belarusian cigarettes from freight trains<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

May 27, Pozirk. Latvian border guards have intercepted a weather balloon with smuggled Belarusian-made cigarettes in the Ludza area. It had drifted across the border from Russia and landed 100 meters off the border fence, the State Border Guard reported. Attached to it was a box, wrapped in plastic sheeting, containing 30,000 NZ Gold cigarettes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":140110,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-140125","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLatvian border guards intercept balloon carrying smuggled Belarusian cigarettes | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 27, Pozirk. Latvian border guards have intercepted a weather balloon with smuggled Belarusian-made cigarettes in the Ludza area. 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