Lithuanian customs officers found four parcels containing various military items on passenger trains travelling from Kaliningrad to Moscow between 27 September and 2 October.
Source: Baltic states news website Delfi; European Pravda
Details: Employees of Kaunas Territorial Customs and the Criminal Customs Service at Kybartai railway station discovered a package containing items that are likely military (camouflage trousers) during an inspection of a mail wagon on a Kaliningrad-Moscow passenger train.
A total of five pairs of camouflage trousers were reportedly seized in accordance with the EU Council Regulation.
Additionally, on 1 October, a similar shipment of five camouflage nets was intercepted in Kybartai on a train travelling from Kaliningrad.
Two other consignments with similar nets, intended for the Russian military, were on the same trains and seized by customs officers on 27-29 September.
Customs officers reported that such shipments, intended for Russian forces in the war against Ukraine, are usually sent by members of various non-governmental organisations in Kaliningrad.
The confiscated goods will be transferred by Lithuanian customs as aid to Ukraine.
Background: Lithuanian border guards refused to allow a Moscow-Kaliningrad transit train that had the letter Z and “Vilnius is a city of Russia” painted on the carriages to pass through Lithuania.
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