Event 760

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "Lithuania",
    "Belarus",
    "LT-BY"
  ],
  "border_violation_modes": [
    "Land",
    "Sabotage"
  ],
  "category": "Border",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Article from LRT, details confirmed by official adviser to Lithuania’s border guard, specifies tunnel discovery, ongoing investigation, and location.",
  "countries": [
    "Lithuania",
    "Belarus"
  ],
  "country": "Lithuania",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Lithuanian State Border Guard Service discovered a 25-meter-long underground tunnel on the border with Belarus, near the village of Paliečiai, believed to have been used for smuggling.",
  "event_time_utc": "2025-01-30T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Official announcement by Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service",
    "Details and confirmation provided by advisory official (Giedrius Mistutis)",
    "Article publication with timeline and location",
    "Mention of coordination with the Prosecutor’s Office for investigation"
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Border guards from Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service (VSAT) have discovered a 25-meter-long underground tunnel on the border with Belarus, which may have been used for smuggling.",
    "\"As a pre-trial investigation has been opened, we are coordinating all the details with the Prosecutor’s Office. We will shortly publish a report with all the details,\" Mistutis said.",
    "The tunnel was discovered near the village of Paliečiai, Giedrius Mistutis, an adviser to VSAT, confirmed to LRT.lt but refrained from providing more details.",
    "The entire border with Belarus is covered by a surveillance system, including cameras at the site where the tunnel was discovered."
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2473648/lithuanian-border-guards-discover-smugglers-tunnel-on-border-with-belarus"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Border Tunnel",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Official announcement by Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service",
            "Details and confirmation provided by advisory official (Giedrius Mistutis)",
            "Article publication with timeline and location",
            "Mention of coordination with the Prosecutor’s Office for investigation"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Lithuanian border guards discover smugglers’ tunnel on border with Belarus",
  "location_text": "near Paliečiai, Lithuania-Belarus border",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_760_1763937541_31771f03.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Discovered tunnel bypassing ????border infrastructure",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2473648/lithuanian-border-guards-discover-smugglers-tunnel-on-border-with-belarus"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Lithuania’s border guards discovered a 25-meter-smuggling tunnel on the Belarus border; official investigation opened.",
  "url": "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2473648/lithuanian-border-guards-discover-smugglers-tunnel-on-border-with-belarus"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "Border tunnel",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "LT-BY",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "LT",
  "Date": "30-Jan-25",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "Discovered tunnel bypassing ????border infrastructure",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Smugglers tunnel on ??LT-??BY border",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2473648/lithuanian-border-guards-discover-smugglers-tunnel-on-border-with-belarus",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}