Three Weather Balloons From Belarus Were Intercepted In Lithuania

They were transporting a shipment of contraband cigarettes.

On the morning of November 10 and during the night of November 11, Lithuanian border guards intercepted three weather balloons carrying contraband Belarusian cigarettes that had drifted in from Belarus. This was reported by by the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service.

Border guards intercepted the shipments, which had been delivered by air from Belarus, in the Šalčininkai, Lazdijai, and Alytus districts. As usual, all shipments were equipped with GPS transmitters, which smugglers use to track the location of their packages.

Border guards also detained a 28-year-old Lithuanian man who had come to pick up the shipment.

As a reminder, on the evening of November 10, the Lithuanian military detected an aerial object approximately 30 kilometers from the border with Belarus. Residents of the Vilnius and Utena districts were sent warnings about a possible air attack. Due to the threat, operations at the Vilnius and Kaunas airports were temporarily restricted. The alert was later lifted, and the airports resumed operations.

Authorities later reported that a drone from Belarus, which NATO fighter jets attempted to shoot down twice, but without success. Debris from one of the missiles fired was found within the country’s territory.

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