“Balloon rain” from Belarus. The police ask people not to touch them

The police reported that so far seven, most likely so-called smuggling balloons that flew over Poland from Belarus on Christmas Eve. Four in the Podlaskie Voivodeship and three in the Lublin Voivodeship.

The Operational Command of the Armed Forces announced on Thursday on social media that smuggling balloons most likely entered Poland on Christmas Eve. As the police reported on Friday, at On Christmas Eve, on the 21st, the army received information that several dozen such objects had flown into Poland from the territory of Belarus.

The police immediately took action to find and secure them. So far, seven such objects have been found, four in the province. Podlaskie, three in the province. Lublin – the police wrote on social media.

The officers appealed to people to be especially careful, not to approach the balloons or take any action on their own.

The Podlasie police informed about three balloons found on Thursday. According to her, smuggling balloons with cigarettes landed in Goniądz, Boguszewo and Zaborów. There were over 5,000 items in the packages. packs of illegal cigarettes.

COD explained on Thursday that the flight of all objects was continuously monitored by radar systems. “To ensure safety, part of the airspace over the Podlaskie Voivodeship was temporarily excluded from use for civil traffic,” it noted.

The command also announced on Thursday that in the morning Polish fighters intercepted, visually identified and escorted a Russian reconnaissance plane that was flying over the Baltic Sea, near the borders of Polish airspace. (PAP)

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