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07 May 2007 [22:11] - Today.Az
State Border Service's (SBS) officials arrested 30 persons, who attempted to pass Azerbaijan State Border illegally.
9 of them are Azerbaijanis, 7 Iranian, 8 Georgian, 3 Turkish, 1 Nigerian, 1 Russian, and one Iraq. 18 trespassers were detained in frontier posts, 10 in border checkpoints, 2 in Astara. Eight of them attempted to cross the border with document, two of them with illegal documents. 74 Azerbaijanis, 5 Georgians, 4 Iranians, 2 Russians, 2 Turkish were detained for not having proper documents, 20 Iranian, 9 Turkish, 6 Uzbeks, 5 Indian, 2 Azerbaijanis, Israeli, German and South Korean, one Austrian, English, Georgian, Indonesian, Jordan, Malaysians, Nigerian, Zambian, Uruguayan, South African, Pakistani, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Egyptian, and Chilean for not having visas. 57 wanted delinquents were detained and handed over to law-enforcement bodies as a result of struggle against crimes. During the operations against drug smuggling, 910,8 grams of narcotic was found in one trespasser, who attempted to cross the border. 80 Azerbaijanis in 5 ships and 13 boats were detained for breaking border regime in the Caspian Sea. 180-meter 35,000 fish-nets, 570 fishing-rod 25,000 fishing equipment, 4 tonnes of sprat, 100 kilograms of sturgeon were taken from them. Goods and things worth 255.932 manats were found as a result of investigations. Smuggling of 400 counterfeit US dollar, 87 Iranian currency, 10,850 liters diesel fuel, two antique samovars, 467 kinds of alcoholic drinks, 800 small-horned cattle, various industrial goods and illegal medications was prevented. APA
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