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12 June 2001 - 16:46 AMT

THE VIOLATORS OF ARMENIAN STATE BORDER WERE ARRESTED

. The soldiers of Ashtarak border detachment of Russian border troops deployed in Armenia, on June, 12, at night arrested two residents of the Turkish town Igdir, violated the Armenian State border. The arrested identified themselves as shepherds and told that they were looking for their cattle that had wandered into Armenian territory. However, the soldiers did not find any cattle. During the arresting of the “shepherds”, their mobile phones were confiscated. The ministry of national security is conducting investigation. According to the information of “Snark” agency, for six and a half months of this year, the Russian border guards have already arrested nine violators of Armenian State border.