{"id":202720,"date":"2026-09-07T17:26:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T14:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/202720\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T17:26:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T14:26:22","slug":"lithuania-intercepts-drone-carrying-1000-packs-of-belarusian-cigarettes","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/202720\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania intercepts drone carrying 1,000 packs of Belarusian cigarettes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dron_sogg.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dron_sogg.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dron_sogg-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dron_sogg-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dron_sogg-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dron_sogg-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(State Border Guard Service of Lithuania)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 7, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Lithuanian border guards intercepted a drone carrying 1,000 packs of Belarusian-made NZ Gold cigarettes near Daugidonys in the \u0160al\u010dininkai district last night, close to the Belarusian border, the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The smuggled cigarettes, worth more than \u20ac5,500, were packed in cardboard boxes bearing the logos of Hrodna-based Nioman tobacco factory, the agency said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lithuanian border guards have reportedly downed 55 drones carrying contraband cigarettes from Belarus this year. Lithuania said that it intercepted 59 such drones in 2025 and 54 in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cigarettes cost the equivalent of about \u20ac1 per pack in Belarus and are significantly cheaper than legally sold cigarettes in Lithuania, where prices start at around \u20ac5. Smuggled NZ-brand cigarettes can be purchased in Vilnius for about \u20ac2 per pack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tensions between Belarus and Lithuania over cigarette-smuggling by air started rising last October, forcing Lithuanian authorities to close the border and suspend operations at Vilnius International Airport, located close to the Belarusian border, over incursion of smugglers\u2019 balloons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vilnius declared an \u201cextreme situation,\u201d a low-level emergency, on December 9 in response to what it called \u201ca hybrid attack from Belarus.\u201d<\/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\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_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\">Lithuania arrests man carrying 1,000 packs of Belarusian cigarettes<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 2, Pozirk. Lithuanian border guards have arrested a 31-year-old man from the \u0160al\u010dininkai district who was transporting 1,000 packs of NZ Gold cigarettes with Belarusian excise stamps on an electric scooter, the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service reports. Officers &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/202151\">\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 7, Pozirk. Lithuanian border guards intercepted a drone carrying 1,000 packs of Belarusian-made NZ Gold cigarettes near Daugidonys in the \u0160al\u010dininkai district last night, close to the Belarusian border, the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service reports. The smuggled cigarettes, worth more than \u20ac5,500, were packed in cardboard boxes bearing the logos of Hrodna-based Nioman [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":202705,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-202720","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>Lithuania intercepts drone carrying 1,000 packs of Belarusian cigarettes | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 7, Pozirk. 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