Border guards detained an offender who planned to get to Hungary on a rubber mattress. This was reported by the State Border Guard Service, UNN reports.
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It is reported that the violators were found 500 meters from the border by border guards of the Mukachevo detachment. An air mattress and a pump were found in their car. The 37-year-old Kyiv resident was planning to swim across the Tisa River, and for this purpose he put on a wetsuit.
The two Transcarpathians who accompanied him were supposed to check whether there was a border patrol nearby, while he was waiting in a car parked on the outskirts of the Transcarpathian village of Vylok. The Kyiv resident had to pay $4,000 to cross the border.
A report of administrative offense was drawn up against the detainee under Art. 204-1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses "Illegal crossing or attempt to illegally cross the state border of Ukraine", and the case was sent to court. Border guards informed the police about the detection of signs of a crime under Art. 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.