Polotsk border guards detained an Algerian citizen attempting to violate the state border

On December 5, in the Braslav district, Polotsk border guards, in cooperation with the district inspector of the Braslav District Department of Internal Affairs, detained an Algerian citizen born in 1986 for attempting to violate the Belarusian-Latvian border.

The Algerian arrived in Belarus from Russia. He intended to illegally cross the border from Belarus to Latvia, with the aim of further traveling to his family in Sweden. He was also in our country illegally.

An administrative process has been initiated against the detainee, and an investigation is underway. The offender will be brought to administrative responsibility for attempted illegal crossing of the State Border and for violating the legislation on the legal status of foreign citizens and stateless persons. He faces a fine of up to 50 base units and deportation.

Press service of the Polotsk Border Guard Detachment