{"id":191665,"date":"2026-06-12T19:18:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/191665\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T19:18:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:18:35","slug":"pole-gets-30-months-in-prison-for-smuggling-belarusian-cigarettes","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/191665\/","title":{"rendered":"Pole gets 30 months in prison for smuggling Belarusian cigarettes\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 12, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>A Pole has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for smuggling Belarusian-made cigarettes into Poland with the help of balloons, the Polish Border Guard reported on June 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two other Polish citizens have been given suspended sentences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The convicts are believed to have smuggled a total of 11,500 packs of cigarettes into Poland between September 2024 and April 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two of them were arrested in October 2025, with smartphones, SIM cards and tracking devices found at their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kontrabanda_sg_polska_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kontrabanda_sg_polska_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kontrabanda_sg_polska_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kontrabanda_sg_polska_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kontrabanda_sg_polska_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kontrabanda_sg_polska_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Poland cracks down on cigarette smuggling ring linked to Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 12, Pozirk. Polish border guards and law enforcers arrested seven nationals of Poland, Lithuania and Armenia suspected of organizing the smuggling of cigarettes from Belarus via Lithuania to Poland and distributing contraband goods across the European Union, the border &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/191568\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 12, Pozirk. A Pole has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for smuggling Belarusian-made cigarettes into Poland with the help of balloons, the Polish Border Guard reported on June 12. Two other Polish citizens have been given suspended sentences. 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