The results of operational and service activities for the first half of the year were summed up yesterday at the Department of the 7th Carpathian Border Guard Detachment, the press service of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reported to the Holos Sokalsky.
Almost 7 million citizens and 1 million 397 thousand vehicles crossed the border at the checkpoints operating in the area of the border guard detachment.
Border guards of the Lviv Detachment found various documents with signs of forgery and 258 forged, stolen and invalid passports in the possession of 551 citizens. The border guards fulfilled more than 36,000 orders of authorised state bodies. Almost three kg of narcotic substances, 8.8 kg of psychotropic drugs and more than 7 kg of precursors were seized. They found 121 antiques, including two icons and a Stradivarius violin. In 496 cases, goods worth over UAH 27 million were found hidden from border and customs control.
In 79 cases, border guards of border protection units prevented attempts to provide illegal benefits worth over UAH 1.3 million.
A total of 130 people were detained for attempting to illegally cross the state border.
The Main Operational and Investigative Department of the 7th Border Guard Detachment of the Carpathian Border Guard Detachment identified nine people involved in collaboration activities. Twenty-seven channels of illegal trafficking of people across the state border were stopped. The organiser of human trafficking was prevented from leaving Ukraine and was served a notice of suspicion. Three persons involved in the criminal proceedings were served suspicion notices for pimping. Two channels of drug smuggling were identified.
In total, 120 criminal proceedings have been initiated, 244 suspicions have been served and 25 court verdicts have been delivered based on the materials of the Lviv detachment’s operatives.
“I am grateful to every serviceman who does his job responsibly. The border guards of the Lviv Border Guard Service Department of Type C and the soldiers of the Shkval Border Guard Commandant’s Office, who are now confronting the enemy at the eastern outpost of the country, demonstrate heroism, resilience and combat professionalism every day. All of you are a reliable link in the system of strengthening Ukraine’s national security and defence. You defend the border not only of Ukraine, but of the whole of Europe,” said Colonel Oleh Trofimenko, Head of the 7th Carpathian Border Guard Detachment.
The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine effectively protects the Ukrainian border and is an integral part of the Ukrainian Defence Forces.