Georgian Border Police arrest 3 for illegaly crossing state border

Georgia’s Border Police on Monday arrested three individuals on suspicion of illegally crossing the country’s state border.

According to the agency, officers from the Operational-Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ Border Police established that two of the detainees had entered Georgia by hiding inside a truck and bypassing the Sarpi border crossing point. The third individual illegally crossed the Georgia–Turkey state border.

An investigation is underway under Article 344, Part 1, of Georgia’s Criminal Code, which carries a penalty of up to five years in prison.

Immigration procedures were carried out in relation to one of the detainees, resulting in the individual’s deportation from the country.