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Posted on 10/05/2025 4:57:52 PM PDT by McGruff
Up to 25 small hot-air balloons, some of them confirmed to be carrying smuggled cigarettes, entered Lithuanian airspace late Saturday and forced the shutdown of Vilnius Airport, delaying flights for hours, authorities said.
The balloons interfered with 30 flights, impacting some 6,000 passengers, according to Lithuania’s National Crisis Management Center. Flights resumed at 4:50 a.m. Sunday (9:50 p.m. ET, Saturday).
Two of the balloons flew above Vilnius Airport, according to spokesperson Darius Buta. More than two dozen reached the wider Vilnius County. The balloons were recorded flying between roughly 8:45 p.m. Saturday and 4:30 a.m. Sunday.
Border police recovered 11 balloons and some 18,000 packs of smuggled cigarettes in various locations, Buta told The Associated Press.
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Well now there is a new one. lol
Sounds like this scheme went up in smokes.
Over 1600 packs, or 160 cartons of cigarettes per balloon.
A carton weighs about 250 grams.
160 cartons weighs about 40 kilograms or 90 lbs.
These are pretty good sized balloons!
Sounds like NYC. Nothing like getting arrested for a couple of Lucky Strikes I always say. Thank you communist Michael Bloomberg.
WW III stared when balloons carrying illegal cigarettes were thought to be a Russian invasion.
Baloon-legging at it’s finest. No taxes or import fees. Probably should have gone with low flying drones. Lithuania could add to it’s drone invasion. :)
Raise taxes high enough and smuggling rises. And then there was our reaction to British taxes 250+ years ago.....
I’m almost surprised they are not claiming this was a Russian attack.
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