Lithuanians who came for illegal vodka forbidden to enter Belarus for 3 years

Four Lithuanian citizens have been punished with a fine, deportation and prohibition to enter Belarus for 3 years. The reason for that is illegal crossing of the Belarusian border is search of alcohol. According to BelaPAN, Lida frontier guards detained four inhabitants of Shalchninkai district in the Belarusian frontier zone in the evening on September 24.

It turned out the men were cutting woods at the territory of Lithuania, using alcohol while working. When they ran out of alcohol they decided to go to Belarus by the horse vehicle to buy more. Crossing the "green" border they left traces at all the exclusion zones. The frontier guards detained the breakers before they got to the shop.