In a wetsuit and with documents in a Ziploc bag: a man tried to swim to Moldova
Kyiv • UNN
Border guards detained a man who was planning to swim across the river in a wetsuit to get to Moldova. He got to the river by carpooling and had only documents with him.
Border guards detained a resident of Kyiv region in a wetsuit who was trying to cross the border to Moldova, reports UNN with reference to the State Border Guard Service.
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According to the offender, he got to the river with the help of one of the carpooling services. The plan was simple: leave clothes on the shore, put on a wetsuit, and despite the risks to health and life, swim across the border. The man had only documents in a polyethylene zip bag.
However, the escape attempt ended in failure: the border patrol timely detected the intruder and detained him. An administrative protocol was drawn up against the offender under Part 1 of Article 204-1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.