Vitebsk security forces detained a citizen of Azerbaijan for violating the entry ban to Belarus

August 26, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. A citizen of Azerbaijan was detained by employees of the KGB Directorate for the Vitebsk region for violating the ban on entry into Belarus, the regional department's press group informed a BELTA correspondent. The man, born in 1970, had previously repeatedly come to the attention of law enforcement agencies for illegal currency transactions and entrepreneurial activities, and had been brought to administrative and criminal liability. For violating the rules of stay in Belarus, he was deported from the country several times with a general ban on entry until 2018. Despite this, the citizen of Azerbaijan arrived in the territory of Belarus again. The investigative department of the KGB has initiated a criminal case against the detainee under Art. 371 of the Criminal Code ("Stay in the Republic of Belarus by a foreign citizen or stateless person, deported or expelled from the republic, until the ban on entry expires"), which provides for punishment of up to 3 years of imprisonment. -0-