Four Sri Lankan citizens were detained on the territory of Horadiz border detachment of Azerbaijani State Border Service near Birinji Shahsavan village of Azerbaijan’s Beylagan district during an attempt to cross the state border with Iran, Trend news agency reports via the service.

According to the service, the detained citizens - previously arrived in Azerbaijan’s Baku from Doha and Dubai.

Through the territory of Iran, the border violators intended to get to Türkiye, and from there - to one of the European countries.

Operational and investigative measures are ongoing to identify and close the channel of illegal migration, added the service.