US EditionLithuania sounds alarm over possible arms-smuggling balloons from Belarus
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Lithuania handed a note of protest to the interim prosecutor of Belarus over the repeated violation of airspace on January 27.
Lithuania sounds alarm over possible arms-smuggling balloons from Belarus
Lithuania has warned that balloons used to smuggle cigarettes from Belarus could soon be repurposed to transport weapons, as Vilnius considers deploying anti-personnel mines along their shared border. Some of the balloons hover at 10km altitudes with speeds up to 200km.
A smuggled balloon landed in Vilnius near the Neris River, the person who brought the cargo injured an officer and fled, on Wednesday...
On January 28, the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the charge d'affaires of the Belarusian embassy to deliver a diplomatic note of protest over the resumption of balloon launches from Belarusian territory.
Purvėnai border guards have intercepted a smugglers' drone at the Belarusian border and seized 1,000 packs of cigarettes, the State Border Guard Service reported on Wednesday (x). A drone flying into Lithuanian territory near the village of Purvėnai in the Šalčininkai district with a cargo was spotted on Tuesday night. It fell under the impact of a drone interceptor used by border guards.
In Lithuania ' s capital, the suspect attacked the law enforcement officer because of the smuggled goods that had arrived in the Meteoshara.
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