Georgia’s Border Police arrest foreign, Georgian citizens for illegal border crossing
The state body said the individuals had been apprehended near “secure areas” of the Sarpi and Kartsakhi crossing points. Photo: video grab
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The Georgian Border Police on Friday arrested three foreign nationals and one Georgian citizen for illegal crossing of the state border with Turkey in the south-west of the country, the state body said.
The Interior Ministry said the individuals had been apprehended near “secure areas” of the Sarpi and Kartsakhi crossing points. .
An investigation found the offenders had avoided border control and were attempting to cross the two border points.
The crime is punishable up to five years in prison.
Georgia’s Border Police has installed electronic alarm systems and obstacle fences at three locations along the border to improve monitoring of the areas of the state boundary, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
The Border Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia on Saturday arrested two individuals for an attempt of illegal crossing of the state border through the Kartsakhi customs checkpoint in the south of the country.
The Border Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia on Thursday arrested four individuals for an attempt of illegal crossing of the state border through the Sarpi customs checkpoint in the south-west of the country.
Georgia’s Border Police on Tuesday said it had arrested a group of five individuals for an attempt of illegal crossing of the state border in the country’s south-west.