India, Oct. 26 -- Lithuania announced it has closed its Vilnius airport on Saturday over balloon sightings. The NATO member state also announced it will be closing its border with Belarus after helium weather balloons drifted into its airspace for a second consecutive day.

As per a Reuters report, officials stated that the traffic at Vilnius Airport and the crossing at the border with Belarus were suspended till 2 am local time.

Before Saturday's closure, Lithuania's key airport also closed on Tuesday and Friday, and on October 5, due to balloons entering the capital's airspace, authorities told media.

As per Lithuania, the balloons are sent by smugglers transporting contraband cigarettes. However, the country has also blamed Belarus P...