Five Pakistanis attemting to cross from Azerbaijan to Russia detained

On September 18, at 8:00 p.m., 5 Pakistani citizens - Ali Sajjad (1985), Munawar Waseem (1992), Yousaf Subtain (1998), Usman Muhammad (2002), Hassan Ali (2005) were detained by the State Border Service (SBS) Border Troops while attempting to cross the state border from Azerbaijan to Russia, Report informs, referring to the Press Center of SBS.

It was determined that three of the detained persons officially arrived in Azerbaijan from Pakistan on a Lahore-Baku flight at the end of August and two on a Dubai-Baku flight from the United Arab Emirates in September.

The investigation revealed that Pakistani citizens intended to migrate to one of the European countries by crossing the state border from Azerbaijan to Russia.

Operational-investigative measures are underway.