MIA detains two Cameroonian citizens for attempting to illegally cross the border
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Two citizens of Cameroon have been detained by the border police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia for trying to cross the country’s border near Georgia’s Black Sea resort town of Batumi, yesterday.
Investigators say that the detainees were trying to cross the Georgia-Turkey border aiming to enter Turkey and avoiding border control.
The offence is punishable by four to five years imprisonment.
According to the official data of Police Border, 96 citizens of different countries have been charged for attempting to and crossing the border illegally, including 15 Turkish citizens, 4 Azerbaijani, 8 Indian, 4 American, 5 Moroccan, 5 Iranian, 1 Iraqi, 1 Afghani, 1 Egyptian citizen and 8 stateless persons in June-August 2019.
The seven detainees who are the citizens of Bangladesh, India and Yemen, have illegally crossed the Armenian-Georgian state border, avoiding the border control procedures.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has arrested two citizens of Turkey for illegally crossing the border near Sarpi, Adjara.
Georgia’s border guards have detained seven people for attempting to cross into Turkey illegally. The Interior Ministry did not reveal the identities of the detainees, but said two were Georgians while four from Bangladesh. One detainee is Uzbekistani.
Georgia’s border police have detained six foreign citizens for illegal crossing the country’s state border. The Interior Ministry did not identify the detainees but announced two were citizens of Turkey and the remaining four were from Uzbekistan.
Georgian police detained two citizens of Iran, one citizen of Marocco and one citizen of Algeria for illegally crossing the state border today.
Georgian police have detained three Indian citizens for illegally crossing the state border, reports the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia (MIA).