On Friday, January10, in Liepna Municipality, border guards detained a Russian citizen who illegally crossed the state border.
Upon receiving photos from surveillance cameras of a person moving from the border towards the interior of the country, a border guard shift immediately went to verify the information. As a result of the search, the border guards found the above-mentioned person – a Russian citizen without a valid identity document.
The State Border Guard has initiated criminal proceedings against the person under Section 284(1) of the Criminal Law, i.e. for intentional illegal crossing of an external state border.
Administrative proceedings have also been initiated against the person under Section 20(1) of the State Border Law of the Republic of Latvia, which provides that when staying in the border area, a person has the obligation to keep in possession and present upon a request of an official of the State Border Guard a document (documents), which certifies the identity of the person and the right to reside in the Republic of Latvia; under Section 141, which provides that the presence of persons in the patrol zone and the border sign surveillance zone is prohibited; under Section 18(1), which provides that persons from the age of 15 years, when staying in the borderland, shall need a special permit issued by the State Border Guard, except cases when the person who has declared his or her place of residence in the borderland is residing in the borderland of the relevant municipality (town) or the adjoining municipality (town) and under Section 37, which provides that for the damaging, destruction, modification or movement of a State border sign, securing structure or element, or the technical means of border checks and border surveillance, a fine of up to two hundred units of fine shall be imposed.