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Over 110 border violators detained in Azerbaijan

9 August 2012 10:50 (UTC+04:00)
Over 110 border violators detained in Azerbaijan

The Azerbaijan State Border Service detained roughly 112 persons violating the border in July 2012.

They were 68 Azerbaijanis, 11 Afghans, 10 Uzbeks, 7 Iranians, 7 Nigerians, 3 Moldavians, 2 Turkish, 2 Israelis, 1 Russian and 1 Chinese. Appropriate measures were taken against 13 people, who violated the border regime rules in 7 cases and against 31 persons, who violated the rules of coastal border of the Caspian Sea in 12 cases, the state body said.

The border service detained 202 people and handed over to relevant organizations last month.

The border guards prevented trafficking of 20.165kg of drugs over state border through relevant measures.

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