As a result of a series of measures, law enforcement officers have detained ten illegal migrants from Iraq and a Turk who facilitated their trip.

As a result of a series of measures, law enforcement officers have detained ten illegal migrants from Iraq and a Turk who facilitated their trip.

Thus, as part of the criminal proceedings, operatives of the Lviv Border Guard Detachment and servicemen of Nyzhankovychi section detained five foreigners near the border with Poland - four men and a woman. Foreigners did not have identity documents with them, but reported that they were Iraqi citizens. To establish the circumstances of the offense and prosecute under Part 2 of Art. 204-1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, the detainees were taken to the border guard unit.

Almost at the same time, in Lviv, in accordance with Art. 208 of the CPC, law enforcement officers detained the organizer of the crime - a Turkish citizen. It was established that the 62-year-old foreigner received a monetary reward of USD 1,600 per person for his “assistance”.

In addition, as a result of the urgent investigative actions, at one of the addresses of the city of Lviv, law enforcement officers found five more illegal migrants, Iraqi citizens as they said. The man, woman and three children also did not have identity documents. And a Turkish citizen was going to help these “voyagers” to illegally cross the state border. The Turkish citizen rented two apartments in the centre of Lviv for the temporary residence of migrants.

Illegal migrants will be handed over to the representatives of the State Migration Service in Lviv region in accordance with the procedure established by the law.

The complex of all activities was carried out by a joint interdepartmental group of operatives of the Lviv Border Guard Detachment, representatives of the investigative department of the State Emergency Service in Lviv region under the procedural guidance of Lviv Regional Prosecutor's Office.

Measures are being taken to identify all those involved in the crime.