Yesterday, border guards of the Chop detachment detained a group of foreigners trying to get to Slovakia bypassing checkpoints. The illegal crossing of the state border was prevented thanks to the close cooperation of the border guards with the locals.
A district inspector of the Border Guard Service department "Uzhgorod" received information that a group of Lebanese citizens had checked in to one of the hostels in Uzhgorod. A few hours later, one of the foreigners left the hostel and headed off in an unknown direction with his personal belongings.
In order to prevent a possible attempt to cross the border illegally, servicemen organized a covert surveillance of the man’s route. The foreigner met in the city with an unknown person and headed for the state border.
The offenders were detained several hundred meters before the state border. Both men had passports of Lebanese citizens. They admitted that they intended to reach Europe outside the checkpoints because they did not have all the necessary documents.
Verification measures are currently being taken and the other offenders are being identified. In order to clarify the circumstances of the offense and bring them to administrative responsibility, the illegal migrants were taken to a temporary detention center of the Chop border guard detachment. They will be held responsible for the offense under Part 2 of Article 204-1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of Ukraine "Illegal crossing or attempt of illegal crossing of the state border of Ukraine".
Press Service of the Chop border guard detachment
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