Lithuania closes Vilnius airspace after new balloon-linked smuggling breach
Airspace over Lithuania’s capital Vilnius was temporarily shut down on the evening of October 30, 2025, after unidentified…
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Topics related to smuggling in an aviation context, such as instances of people attempting to smuggle goods or individuals on flights.
1,000+ diamonds seized in separate smuggling incidents at Ho Chi Minh Airport
A total of 1,078 diamonds have been seized by airport police at Ho Chi Minh’s Tan Son Nhat…
Man caught smuggling 20 rhino horns at Changi Airport jailed for two years
A South African man has been jailed for two years after being caught at Singapore Changi Airport (SIN)…
Hong Kong customs find cocaine worth $1.5M hidden in man’s electric wheelchair
Customs officers in Hong Kong discovered 11kg of cocaine worth $1.5M hidden in a male passenger’s electric wheelchair…
Snakes and lizards found inside passenger’s luggage at TRZ airport in India
Custom officials at India’s Tiruchirappalli International Airport (TRZ) have seized 47 pythons and two lizards from a passenger’s…
Gold bars worth $4.8M ‘owned’ by South American drug cartels seized at Heathrow
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has seized gold bars worth over $4.8 million at London-Heathrow Airport (LHR).…
Passenger caught at Heathrow with over $900,000 of cannabis in his suitcase
A US passenger from California has been jailed after he attempted to smuggle cannabis worth over $900,000 into…
Flight attendants caught trying to smuggle onions into the Philippines
10 flight attendants from Philippine Airlines were caught trying to smuggle 40 kilos of onions and fruits into…
“Air Cocaine”: court acquits two pilots involved in drug smuggling case
Initially sentenced to six years in prison, two French pilots caught in a case of drug smuggling colloquially…