Azerbaijan, Baku, July 6 / Trend K. Zarbaliyeva /
The Azerbaijani ministry of national security neutralized a group smuggling drug from Iran to Azerbaijan.
Roughly 40 kilogram of drug was revealed and withdrawn, the ministry of national security told Trend on July 6.
According to previous agreement, residents of Beylagan region - Tair Nasirov, Ilgar Guliyev and Samir Safarov, resident of Kelbajar region - Rashad Huseynov, Iran's residents and others transported big batch of drug for sale passing customs control from Iran to Azerbaijan. Presently, names of other criminals are being identified.
It was revealed that Iran's citizens upon Tair Nasirov's organization smuggled big batch of drug through Iran-Azerbaijani border to Beylagan region and hid it in the territory between villages of Shakhsevan 1 and Shakhsevan 2 of this region. Names of Iran's citizens are being identified.
According to preliminary agreement, Nasirov and Ilgar Guliyev took drug and brought to a garden situated in Baku at 03:00. Rashad Huseynov works as guard there.
Above-mentioned people were detained as a result of operative actions. Roughly 30 kilogram of hashish, as well as a pistol Mini Kral made in Turkey and bought by Nasirov was revealed and withdrawn during search of the garden.
Criminal case was filed on the following articles of the Criminal Code - 206.3.2 (smuggling of drug by group of people on preliminary agreement), 234.4.1 and 234.4.3 (illegal purchase and keeping of drug for sale, making, processing, transportation in big amount by group of people upon preliminary agreement).
Roughly 18 kilogram of hashish was revealed and withdrawn in cache owned by members of criminal group neutralized in May 2009 as a result of operative-investigation actions conducted by the ministry of national security.
Residents of Azerbaijani Astara region - Parviz Aliyev, Ilham Samedov and Asef Gasimov, residents of Barda region - Asef Azimov and Salekh Mammadov, as well as Iran's residents and other criminals smuggled 40 kilogram of drug for sale from Iran to Azerbaijan upon preliminary agreement passing customs control. Names of other criminals are being identified.
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