Three arrested in Georgia for illegally crossing state border

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of illegally crossing Georgia’s state border, the Interior Ministry’s Border Police said.

An investigation established that two of the suspects entered Georgia by hiding inside a truck and bypassing the Sarpi border crossing point. The third allegedly crossed the Georgia-Türkiye border on foot without authorization.

The crime carries a prison sentence of up to five years.

One of the detainees was deported from the country following immigration procedures, the ministry said.