Grodno customs officers detained a 46-year-old Belarusian man who had tried to swallow a wrap of marijuana.[1] The man was travelling from Poland as a passenger in a Ford car.[1] At the Kamenny Log checkpoint he declared that he carried no goods subject to declaration or restricted from movement.[1] A customs service dog contradicted his statement and indicated, by its behaviour, that his luggage clearly held a prohibited substance.[1] Fearing that the drug would be found, the man took a wrap from his backpack and tried to swallow it.[1] Customs officers stopped him immediately.[1]

An expert of the Lida interdistrict department of the State Committee of Forensic Examinations confirmed that the wrap contained marijuana.[1] The Grodno Regional Customs opened a criminal case against him under Part 1 of Article 328-1 of the Belarusian Criminal Code.[1] The Grodno transport prosecutor authorised detention in custody as the preventive measure.[1] BelTA reported, citing the State Customs Committee, that the man was detained while entering from Poland with the drug in his luggage.[2] BelTA reported that the same criminal case and custody measure were recorded against the offender.[2]