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Import of literature distorting Azerbaijan's territorial integrity prevented

11 September 2006 [14:08] - TODAY.AZ
State Border Service officers prevented 15 border-violation cases in August. At the result of this 14 Georgians, 10 Azerbaijanis, three Iranians, two Afghanis, two Britons and a Russian were detained.

As APA reports, eight Azerbaijanis were arrested for border violation. Only once a criminal gang shot at border guard. 51 wanted criminals were detained and handed over to law enforcement bodies. "Magnum" gas pistol and 18 nine-caliber cartridges were confiscated.

115 books, four maps and eight booklets violating Azerbaijan territorial integrity and five photo-illustrations on so called "Armenian genocide" were also confiscated in the reporting period. 2 200 kg of hemps were annihilated.

Several Azerbaijani, Russian, Iranian, Turkish, Uzbek, Georgian and Kazakhstani were detained for forged documents. Turkish, Iranian, US, Philippines, Turkmen, Italian, French, Malaysian, South Korean, Jordanian, Syrian, Russian, German, Norwegian, Singapore, Finnish, Iraqi, Afghan, Chinese, Canadian, Moroccan, Israeli, Palestinian, Indian, Lebanese, Saudi Arabian, Kyrgyz, Danish and Nigerian citizens were detained for not having visa. The smuggling of US $23 467, AZN 86, 1 22 000 cigarette boxes, 500 alcohol drinks and other industrial products were prevented in August.

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