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Travellers stopped by police in Latvia's eastern border zone

Original: [2/2] A transit of eastern Latvia cont. We left Rāzna National Park and en route to Velnezers entered a Border Zone wher

Travellers driving through eastern Latvia, after leaving Rāzna National Park and heading toward Velnezers, entered a designated Border Zone near Dagda where police stopped them and questioned them about their route and destination. The area lies close to the Belarusian border, where Latvia maintains stricter controls and heightened security measures.

Why now: Heightened security along the Latvia-Belarus border means travellers in the region are routinely stopped, drawing attention to border-zone rules.

LatviaRāzna National ParkVelnezersDagdaBelarus

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• [2/2] A transit of eastern Latvia cont. We left Rāzna National Park and en route to Velnezers entered a Border Zone where we were stopped by 🚨 police (Belarus was to the other side of Dagda). They asked where we were going, where we had come from, and looked into our… · oCDo@mastodon.nz · 2

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