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The border guards of the Lviv detachment have detained a Turkish citizen, who is possibly involved in financing of terrorism, on Friday, the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service said on Saturday.

The Turkish citizen was detained during the processing of papers of passengers of an incoming flight en route from Istanbul to Lviv. Information about him was in the Interpol database.

“It was found out later that the Turkish citizen, aged 43, is on the wanted lists of the French law enforcement agencies for financing of terrorism in 2006-2006,” the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service said.

At present, the detained Turkish citizen was handed over to officials of the Ukrainian National Police.