Individuals attempting to violate the state border have been detained, the Press Center of the State Border Service said, APA reports.
According to the information, as a result of the vigilance of a border patrol in the service area of the Khudat border detachment of the State Border Service's Border Troops, two citizens of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria — Makhlouf Houari, born in 1994, and Brahim Houari, born in 1996 — were detained while attempting to cross the state border from Azerbaijan in the direction of the Russian Federation.
Operational and investigative measures regarding the incident are ongoing.