Employees of the Border Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Security Service, as a result of jointly conducted operational-investigative actions, detained 3 persons.

Foreign citizens (E.Q. Born in 1977, M.U. Born in 1982 and S.Q. Born in 1975) attempted to illegally smuggle a person across the Georgian-Turkish State Border.

The investigation determined that members of the identified organized group were attempting to illegally transport a citizen through the border crossing point “Sarpi”" on the Georgian-Turkish State Border, using a hiding place in the trailer of a truck, in exchange for a large amount of money.

The employees of the Border Police, based on a judge’s ruling, conducted a controlled purchase of cash transferred to the defendants in preparation for illegal border crossing and secretly recorded the aforementioned fact on audio-video. As a result of a personal search of the detainees, law enforcement officers seized the money transferred during the controlled purchase as evidence.

As a result of a personal search of the detainees, law enforcement officers seized the money transferred during the controlled purchase as the evidence. The investigation is ongoing under the Article 18-25-344, Part I, of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which implies the imprisonment up to 5 years.