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MINSK - The Belarusian National Olympic Committee (NOC) has nothing to do with the London Olympics tickets seized in Norway, Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Tozik, who is currently in London, was quoted by state media outlets on Friday.

“We saw the pictures of those tickets which were on sale in Norway.
The Belarusian NOC has never received such tickets. Total lie. Today our
athletes who want to see their friends performing in other competitions
are issued only three or four tickets a day. And we immediately issue
them to people. So I repeat once again: total lie – nonsense!” Tozik
said, commenting on a police statement published by a number of media
outlets, regarding the seizure of 900 Olympics tickets sold illegally,
which were allegedly allocated initially by the Olympics organizing
committee for Russia and Belarus.