Using balloons to smuggle in contraband is not an uncommon practice, Lithuanian authorities told the BBC State Border Guard Service via AP An airport in Lithuania shut down after authorities received ...

Vilnius, Lithuania (AP) — 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 ...

Up to 25 small hot-air balloons, some carrying smuggled cigarettes, forced Vilnius Airport to shut down late on Saturday. The balloons entered Lithuanian airspace, delaying 30 flights and affecting ...

Details: The airspace was closed at around 19:14 and reopened half an hour later, at 19:37. "It is possible that drones were detected, so the airspace was temporarily closed and one flight was delayed ...

Up to 25 smuggling balloons from Belarus forced a temporary shutdown of Vilnius Airport. Authorities seized 18,000 packs of contraband cigarettes from recovered balloons. The breach heightened Baltic ...

In this undated photo released by the State Border Guard Service, an officer inspects a balloon used to carry cigarettes into Lithuania, because Belarussian smugglers often use them to ferry the ...

Operations at Vilnius airport were temporarily suspended twice on 26 September, reportedly due to drones spotted nearby. Source: Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT, as reported by European Pravda ...