The Kaunas Regional Prosecutor’s Office handed over to court a criminal case in which two residents of Varėna district are accused of smuggling and illegal possession of excise goods…
The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Wednesday to allocate almost 800 thousand euros from the Government’s reserve to the Ministry of Interior (MIA) for officers fighting smuggled balloons over…
Two men were caught by Druskininkai border guards, transporting 6 thousand packs of cigarettes by car, brought from Belarus by hot air balloons. A pre-trial investigation has been initiated, both men –…
Balloons that have caused a lot of damage to Lithuania by carrying contraband cigarettes are also flying in another direction – to Poland. Here, at the beginning of this week, not only an illegal shipment was seized, but…
The Government intends to allocate 800 thousand euros from the reserve to pay for the overtime of officers fighting against contraband balloons.
On June 4, at about 11:10 AM, on the Kryžkalnis-Tauragė road, officers stopped a “Toyota Avensis Verso” car for inspection, driven by a man born in 1994. Although initially…
The court imposed a fine of 20 thousand euros on a resident of the Šalčininkai district for cigarette smuggling using meteorological balloons from Belarus and ordered compensation of 22.1 thousand euros to Lithuania…
A member of the organized group who smuggled balloon cigarettes will have to compensate “Lithuanian Airports” for the damage incurred – more than 20 thousand euros, reports the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Lithuania.
Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė says that the investigation conducted by law enforcement into cigarette smuggling using balloons is unprecedented, but this is not the end.
Border guards seized a large smuggling shipment, 3 Belarusians, and a suspected dishonest officer, reports VSAT.