- Despite the pandemic, illegal activities across the State Border were continuing. In the conditions of quarantine restrictions, new types of tricks have appeared, trying to cross illegally the State Border.
- Thus, over the past week, numerous attempts to illegally cross the State Border were suppressed at automobile checkpoints: "Karasu" (Zhambyl region - 1 fact), "Tazhen" (Mangystau region - 1 fact), "Zhaisan" (Aktobe region - 1 fact), "Karakoga" (North Kazakhstan Region - 1 fact), "Kairak" (Kostanay region - 2 facts), "Urlyutobe" (Pavlodar region - 2 facts).
- Drivers, using fake driver's licenses - as a basis for crossing the border as a second driver of international freight transport, tried to illegally cross the border.
- In all these cases, the materials of verification on the grounds of a crime under article 385 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Forgery, production or sale of forged documents, stamps, seals, official forms, state postage stamps, state awards", together with vehicles, were transferred to authorized bodies.
- Furthermore, in just one day - November 18 of this year at the checkpoints "Karasu" (Zhambyl region), "Zhaisan" (Aktobe region), "Zhana Zhol" and "Karakoga" (North Kazakhstan Region) 4 attempts to illegally move vehicles with fake documents and identification numbers were suppressed.
- In general, during the period of quarantine restrictions, when attempting to illegally cross the State Border, 113 persons were identified who used fake driver's licenses (Kazakhstan - 51, Kyrgyzstan - 30, Uzbekistan - 20, Tajikistan - 7, RF - 5), 35 persons - fake medical certificates as well as 42 foreigners with fake invitations from Kazakhstani medical institutions.
- Kazakhstani border guards continue active measures to block the channels of illegal crossing the border and movement of contraband goods.
Press Service
of the National Security Committee
of the Republic of Kazakhstan


