{"id":205589,"date":"2026-09-29T18:38:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/205589\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T18:40:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:40:06","slug":"belarus-customs-seize-38-kg-of-hashish-at-belarus-lithuania-border","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/205589\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus customs seize 38 kg of hashish at Belarus-Lithuania border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 29, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian customs officers found 38 kilograms of hashish hidden in a secret compartment of an empty truck stopped for an inspection at the Kamienny \u0141oh-Medininkai border checkpoint, the State Customs Committee\u2019s press office reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The driver was a Moldovan national crossing from Lithuania into Belarus. Law enforcers also identified a 54-year-old Belarusian man as the alleged organizer of the smuggling scheme. He was arrested on drug-smuggling charges and may face up to 10 years in prison if convicted. Customs authorities provided no information on possible charges or penalties for the Moldovan driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus has some of the strictest drug laws in Europe and enforces them rigorously. Foreign nationals have been arrested and prosecuted for possessing even small quantities of controlled substances, including medications or drugs that may be legal, decriminalized or subject to lighter penalties in other European countries.<\/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\/09\/narkotiki_tamozhnia-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/narkotiki_tamozhnia-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/narkotiki_tamozhnia-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/narkotiki_tamozhnia-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/narkotiki_tamozhnia-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/narkotiki_tamozhnia.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus charges Austrian man in cocaine smuggling case<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 7, Pozirk. Belarusian authorities have opened a criminal case against a 35-year-old Austrian man accused of attempting to smuggle cocaine into Belarus while travelling by bus from Lithuania, the State Customs Committee reports. The incident took place at the &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/202718\">\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. Belarusian customs officers found 38 kilograms of hashish hidden in a secret compartment of an empty truck stopped for an inspection at the Kamienny \u0141oh-Medininkai border checkpoint, the State Customs Committee\u2019s press office reported. The driver was a Moldovan national crossing from Lithuania into Belarus. Law enforcers also identified a 54-year-old Belarusian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-205589","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>Belarus customs seize 38 kg of hashish at Belarus-Lithuania border | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 29, Pozirk. 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