Smuggling shipments of cigarettes brought from Belarus by balloons have fallen sharply this year, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) told LRT, citing data reported by ELTA. Late Monday evening, radar detected signs characteristic of smuggling balloons. Twelve boxes believed to have been transp…

A court has convicted two men of helping receive and conceal cigarettes flown from Belarus into Lithuania by smuggling balloons, LRT reported Monday. The Druskininkai division of the Alytus District Court found A. J. and D. Č. guilty of smuggling and illegally possessing excise goods as members o…

Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service detained seven people, including three officers, and seized a large shipment of illegal cigarettes during an operation in southern Lithuania, LRT reported. The operation, conducted on Monday night, continued a pre-trial investigation into the illegal handlin…

Polish border guards on Friday detained nine people suspected of transporting smuggled cigarettes from Belarus to Poland by balloon, including two Lithuanian citizens, LRT reported. More than 3,900 cartons of cigarettes were found during the operation. Their total value exceeded 621,000 Polish zl…

Police have seized nearly 55,000 smuggled cigarettes worth almost 300,000 euros during a search in Rokiškis district, LRT reported, citing the Utena County Chief Police Commissariat. The cigarettes were found in a farm building, hidden among pellets and under tarpaulins. The seized brands include…

Border guards seized 6,000 packs of cigarettes and detained three men after a car chase near Grūtas village in Druskininkai Municipality, LRT reported, citing Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service (VSAT). Officers from the Varėna Border Guard Unit’s Criminal Intelligence Division, assisted by co…

Lithuania’s Customs Criminal Service has seized a truck carrying about 412,000 packs of illegal cigarettes from Latvia, LRT reported. The cigarettes were valued at 2.1 million euros including taxes. Customs officers from the Kaunas division spotted the DAF truck, which had Latvian registration pl…

LRT reported that prosecutors have sent a criminal case to court against two men accused of illegally storing and transporting cigarettes worth more than 2 million euros from Latvia to Lithuania. The case was prepared by a prosecutor at the Šiauliai Regional Prosecutor’s Office. The investigation…

KUALA LUMPUR — A terraced house secretly used to store smuggled cigarettes has been uncovered following a police raid in Klang, leading to the arrest of a man in his late 60s. The operation, conducted under Op Taring Alpha 1 by the General Operations Force (GOF) Battalion 4, took place around 2.30pm on Wednesday. Battalion […]

Kelantan Smuggling Bid Crushed: 1.5 Million Illicit Cigarettes Seized, Two Arrested KOTA BHARU, Dec 21 — Authorities scored another major success in the fight against contraband trade after the General Operations Force (PGA) Southeast Brigade seized 1.5 million sticks of untaxed white cigarettes worth over RM2.8 million in Kelantan today. The cigarettes were discovered in […]