ST.PETERSBURG. Dec 5 (Interfax-AVN) - The North-western regional border guard department detained 17 border violators and 56 violators of border zone rules in November.
"In four cases, alien or fake documents were produced at checkpoints. 456 people with invalid documents were exposed and 254 of them were banned from crossing the border. The detainees were fined for administrative violations for a total of RUB42,100 (USD1,321)," a source in the department told Interfax-Military News Agency on Thursday.
Over 1.04 million people and 396,000 vehicles crossed the border in the department's area of responsibility.
"Cigarettes, alcohol, food and 12kg of hashish are among the seized contraband," the source said.