Foreign national detained in attempted crossing from Russia into Poland

Russian border guards detained a 51-year-old foreign national suspected of attempting to cross illegally into Poland in the Kaliningrad region’s Mamonovo district, the regional FSB border directorate said.

According to the directorate, the man flew from Moscow to Kaliningrad intending to bypass official border checkpoints. A border patrol detained him after he crossed a security alarm installation.

Authorities opened a criminal case on suspicion of attempted illegal crossing of the state border.