On Friday morning, two smuggled Belarusian balloons were found in Podlasie. Both were attached to packages containing cigarettes without Polish customs.
On Friday morning, one of the Kolno residents called the emergency number to convey this on the bridge near the town of Stawiski (Kolno poviat) there is a balloon with a package attached to it.
The man pulls on the package, which causes the balloon to explode. He then took the findings to the police station in Kolno.
After checking the fireworks, it turned out to be the case in it there are 1.5 thousand. packs of cigarettes without Polish excise stamps.
A similar balloon was discovered in the town of Szaciłówki in Sokółka district. Inside was a package containing 1,350 packs of cigarettes.
The police reported it the balloons contained locators.
Officials stressed that this was another smuggling attempt using balloons in Podlaskie Province in recent weeks.