22 June 2007
Border guards apprehend 12 illegal immigrants from Pakistan in Kobryn district
Belarusian border guards apprehended 12 illegal migrants from Pakistan in the Kobryn district on June 19, Dzmitry Dzevyataw a senior officer with the Brest Border Control Group, told BelaPAN.
According to him, the border patrol pulled over two cars not far from Kobryn, finding the 12 Pakistanis inside.
Three Belarusians are suspected of planning to illegally take the migrants across the border into Ukraine.
The migrants, who had arrived from Russia, were put in a detention center pending a decision on their deportation.
The Brest Border Control Group has reportedly seized a total of 88 cross-border offenders since the beginning of the year.
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