STAVROPOL, January 23 (AVN) - Border guards of the Derbent detachment on the Russian-Armenian frontier detained an Armenian citizen who tried to enter Russia illegally shortly before midnight on Monday, a spokesman for the North Caucaus regional border guard department told the Military News Agency.
The violator was delivered to the detachment for a check, the spokesman said.
At roughly the same time border guards arrested a Mexican citizen trying to go from Russia to Azerbaijan illegally on the Moscow-Baku train. An inquiry is underway.
Border guards at the Aksaraisk-Zheleznodorozhny checkpoint found an abandoned bag containing a 1kg pack of white powder hidden under apples on the checkpoint's railway platform. The pack was sent for the expert examination.
The situation in the area controlled by the North Caucasus department remains stable. No attacks on checkpoints have been registered on the Chechen and adjacent border straps in the past 24 hours.