Officers of the Russian Federation Federal Security Service Border Department in Armenia have detained an offender, who attempted to illegally cross the Armenian-Turkish border.

The border guard units and the reserve forces apprehended the lawbreaker near the Armenian state border, in the area of Kharkov village in Shirak Province, informed the press service of the aforesaid department.

The preliminary questioning revealed that the detainee is Armenian citizen Gurgen Mazmanyan, who is born in 1998, and a resident of Bagravan village in Shirak Province.

Mazmanyan explained that he had argued with his mother and sister and he was planning to go to Turkey, and that is why he had gone to the Armenia-Turkey border.

Additional checks are carried out with respect to the detainee.