Lithuanian customs officers block tank car with Z symbol from entering from Belarus

  • 2022-11-09
  • BNS/TBT Staff

VILNIUS - Lithuanian customs officers on Tuesday blocked a tank car with fertilizer to enter from Belarus as it had the letter Z, the symbol of Russia's military aggression in Ukraine, on it, the Customs Criminal Service said on Wednesday.

At around 15.30 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, customs and border officers checked a train from Belarus at the Kena railway post. The Z symbol spotted on one of the tank cars, the service said.

The tank car was detained and sent back to Molodechno in Belarus.

According to the report, the sender of the shipment for a Lithuanian company was a Russian company.