Azerbaijan's State Border Service detains foreigners attempting to emigrate to Europe (PHOTO)

Baku, Azerbaijan, April 27

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Employees of the Azerbaijani State Border Service have detained three foreigners who attempted to use Azerbaijan as a transit country for illegally migrating to Europe using fake passports, the Service said in a message on April 27.

During the check-in for Sharjah-Baku flight, passports of Salma Siddique (born in 1958) and Rehman Siddique (b. in 1987), pretended to be citizens of Great Britain, aroused suspension.

Also, during the registration for the Baku-Frankfurt flight, Muhammad Lugman (born in 1995), who pretended to be a German citizen, also presented a seemingly fake passport.

Passports of these persons were checked in a special laboratory. It was revealed that they are fake.

Operative-investigative measures are being carried out in regard of the detained.