The system will also contribute to Lithuania's national security interests and business efficiency, according to Skaiste.
"We will be able to monitor more closely shipments from the neighboring country and (the system) will also contribute to creating better conditions for transparent businesses, because it will help make checks more efficient and faster, and simplify the procedures, which (...) will reduce the costs for businesses," the minister told a news conference in Kena.
"Following the launch of the hybrid attack from Belarus, we have seen an increase in the amount of contraband coming from the neighboring country, so (...) the device will certainly contribute to a more efficient and faster detection of contraband and significantly reduce the scale of smuggling", she added.
Dovile Kraulaidiene, deputy director general of the Customs Department, also said that the technologically advanced system will help make inspections more efficient.
"The device is special in that it can scan a train moving at 60 kilometers per hour, so the train does not have to reduce its speed. The scanning is fast, and you can have high quality images for review within an hour," she said at the news conference.
Karolis Sankovski, CEO of LTG Infra, the infrastructure subsidiary of Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LTG), said that officials will be able to unhitch fewer train cars for inspection at the Vaidotai railway station than they do now.
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