Two More Meteoprobes With Cigarettes Have Landed In Poland

Two Belarusians are being deported.

Polish police found weather probes near the border with Belarus, to which cigarettes without Polish excise stamps were attached. The smugglers airlifted almost 3 thousand packs, writes Most.

The strange machine was circling nearby

One of the objects landed on the morning of September 27 on the territory of a company in Bielsk-Podlaski. There were 1,500 packs of cigarettes attached to the weather probe. A security guard called the police and said she saw a suspicious car circling near the company that morning.

The car was soon identified. The driver turned out to be a 40-year-old citizen of Belarus. In his phone, police found a geolocation tag indicating where the contraband had landed. The man was detained and taken to the police detention center. He has already been charged with tobacco smuggling and tax evasion.

Two Belarusians will be deported

Another 1,400 packs landed in the municipality of Shudzialowo, which is part of the border Sokulski district. A local resident heard a rumble in his yard and called the police.

Just as the operatives were working on the site, a car arrived at the place where the object had fallen. But, noticing the police, the driver sharply backed up. In the car were two citizens of Belarus - 55 and 22 years old. They were charged with smuggling of tobacco products and tax evasion. The men were handed over to the border guards, probably, they will be issued a decision on expulsion from Poland.

We'll remind, Saturday, September 27, it was reported about two more weather probes, fallen in Bialystok and its vicinity. The first one - with 2 thousand packs of cigarettes - landed in the parking lot at the hypermarket Auchan. Another one was found in the suburb of Bialystok Kleosin.

The Border Service reported the detention of two Poles, who were carrying packages of cigarettes.

The interest of smugglers to the air route of cigarettes has grown after the fence was built on the Polish-Belarusian border. Meteosondes travel at low altitudes, so radar doesn't detect them. But the wind often carries them far from where they are supposed to land. Usually the probes are accompanied by GPS sensors, which makes it easier for smugglers to find them on the Polish side.

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