Azerbaijan detains 38 for illegal cross-border attempts in March

According to a statement of the State Border Service (SBS), 38 people have been captured for attempting to illegally cross the state border of Azerbaijan in 26 cases over March 2016, APA reports. 

Of them, 16 were citizens of Azerbaijan, 7 – Bangladesh, 4 – Uzbekistan, 4 – Georgia, 2 – Tajikistan, 3 – Nigeria, one citizen from the following countries:  Iran, Belgium, Turkey and Moldova.  

Some 14 people were detained in 7 cases on green border, 45 in 22 cases in the Caspian Sea and 759 in 599 cases at border checkpoints. 

As a result of measures taken against drug trafficking, 478.3 kg of drugs were seized in 7 cases. 

Moreover, the smuggling of goods totally worth about AZN 20,121,000, including a pistol, a pneumatic pistol, a rifle, a 9 mm cartridge, three 12mm cartridges, a electroshock weapon, a brass knuckle, USD 48,916, 25,626 packets of cigarette, 1,900 jewels, 13 mobile phones, various medicines, alcohol, industrial and agricultural goods were prevented in 93 cases. 

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