99 lawbreakers arrested on Armenian-Turkish border since January

PanARMENIAN.Net - Despite the complicated international situation and the world economic crisis, RF Federal Security Service's border guards continue performing their tasks on Armenian-Iranian and Armenian-Turkish borders in full scale, lieutenant general Sergey Bondarev, Head of RF FSB's Administration in Armenia, told today news conference devoted to the Day of Frontier Defense Guards. "In cooperation with Armenian law enforcement agencies, we take all measures towards disclosing and preventing transboundary smuggling. Since the start of 2009, 99 lawbreakers have been arrested on the borderline. Illegal attempts of crossing border have increased by 12% in comparison with the same period of 2008. Frontier guards confiscated items with a total price of 494,7 Rubles (not including the 21 pieces of cold weapon)," the lieutenant general said.



According to Mr. Bondarev, serious attention is paid to preventing transboundary abaction. "The last incident of abaction was recorded in 2004. Besides, we have found inaccuracies in the documents of 1023 individuals. 499 individuals were denied permission to cross border," the RF official said. Summing up the results, Bondarev assured participants that Frontier Administration is capable of performing all its tasks. "Armenians do not have to worry. RA state border will be guarded as properly as before."