Twenty people were detained in Azerbaijan last month for violating the state border.
The Operative Information Center-OMM reports that the State Border Service (SBS) released the information.
It said that six of those detained were citizens of Pakistan, four were Azerbaijani citizens, four were from Iran, two from Sri Lanka, and one each from Afghanistan, Belarus, Georgia and Türkiye.
As part of measures to combat illegal migration, 10 people were detained for attempting to cross the state border using a forged date stamp, a falsified passport or documents belonging to someone else.
Thirty-eight people were detained for violating border-regime rules, and appropriate measures were taken against them.
As part of efforts to combat crime, law enforcement agencies detained 324 people who were wanted and handed them over to the relevant authorities. Authorities also prevented 855 people barred from leaving Azerbaijan from departing and 54 people barred from entering the country from arriving.
Measures to combat drug trafficking resulted in the seizure of 593 kilograms and 439 grams of narcotics and 11,504 tablets of various compositions. Of the narcotics, 296 kilograms and 178 grams were detected at different times using aircraft.
The State Border Service is responsible for protecting Azerbaijan’s state borders and enforcing border-regime rules. Its monthly reports cover border violations, efforts to counter illegal migration and other enforcement activity.
