Border guards of Azerbaijan thwarted attempts of illegal border crossing to Europe

Citizens of Pakistan and Algeria detained while attempting to illegally cross the border of Azerbaijan towards Georgia and Russia.

This was reported by the State Border Service.

According to the department, Shahroz Muhammad (born 1996) was detained on the service territory of the "Shamkir" border detachment on the border with Georgia. Four more Pakistani citizens - Haider Irfan Ali Wahab (born 2006), Rehman Zaid Jamil Abdul (born 1994), Hussain Rahid Hussain Hamid (born 2002) and Asif Muhammad Nur (born 2003) - were detained on the territory of the "Khudat" border detachment near the Russian border.

Also, on the service territory of the "Zagatala" border detachment, an Algerian citizen El Hauati Mohammad (born 1990) was detained while attempting to violate the state border.

The investigation established that the detainees were trying to illegally cross the state border with the aim of illegal migration to European countries.