Contraband cigs thrown from moving train in Latvia

LSM English6 November 2026, 11:36 UTCLatvia

On 4 November, the State Police detained two Belarusian nationals – a train driver and his assistant – on suspicion of large-scale smuggling. The men threw several packets of illegal cigarettes from a moving train.

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