Border Police arrests four foreign nationals for illegal crossing of state border in a group
Officers of the Border Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), through operative-investigation activities, detained 4 foreign nationals on the territory of Lagodekhi’s Matsimi village border sector for illegal crossing of the state border in a group.
“The investigation established that the detained individuals, bypassing the border checkpoint, illegally crossed the Georgian state border in a group from the Republic of Azerbaijan,” the Border Police reported.
The investigation is in progress under Part II of Article 344 of the Criminal Code of Georgia. The detainees face up to 5 years’ imprisonment if convicted.