The officers of the Land Border Protection Department of the Border Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs as a result of the activities carried out on the territory of the Division #2 (Akhlatsikhe) of the Border Sector #3 (Tcharali) detained 2 citizens of Georgia, 1 citizen of Uzbekistan and 4 citizens of the Republic of Bangladesh for the attempt to cross the State Border of Georgia illegally in group. The crime committed by them envisages imprisonment from 4 to 5 years in length.
The investigation established that the offenders tried to cross the Georgian state border in the direction of the Republic of Turkey, bypassing the border checkpoint.
Investigation is in progress on the fact of attempt to cross the state border illegally (sub-clause "a" of the article 19-344 of the Criminal Code of Georgia).
