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Lithuania briefly closed two borders with Belarus over balloon-smuggled cigarettes, halting traffic until Oct. 25.
Lithuania briefly closed two border checkpoints with Belarus on October 22 and again on October 24, halting all traffic without prior notice due to a surge in weather balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes that disrupted Vilnius Airport operations.
The closures, which affected around 3,000 vehicles and reduced border capacity to about 10% of normal, were lifted on October 25 at 12:00 p.m. Minsk time.
Belarus called the sudden closures unprecedented and disruptive, while Lithuania warned that repeated balloon launches could lead to a full border shutdown.
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Lituania cerró brevemente dos fronteras con Bielorrusia debido al contrabando de cigarrillos en globos, deteniendo el tráfico hasta el 25 de octubre.