17:00, 24 January 2011

Norwegian police arrests North-Ossetian Maria Ameli before deportation

Following the decision of the kingdom's authorities, today the Norwegian police have arrested Madina Salamova, a native of North Ossetia, better known under the pseudonym of Marie Ameli, who will be soon deported to Russia because of problems with her documents.

Ms Salamova was arrested this morning, when she appeared at the police commissariat. "The arrest was made without any accidents. She will be deported to Russia as quickly as possible," the France Press reports with reference to its source from the local police.

Ingrid Virum, head of the Immigration Police Service, told journalists that the illegal immigrant will be deported from the country accompanied by the police, the edition named "Foreigner" writes.

According to Vladimir Isupov, press attaché of the Russian diplomatic mission in Oslo, Salamova had not approached them. According to RIA "Novosti", he did not specify whether she had received a temporary passport to return to Russia.