As a result of a series of operations conducted by employees of Bilasuvar Customs Department, Mehdiyev Isbandiyar Shura has been caught red-handed while trying to sell 2kg and 998,8 grams of opium to a Customs employee who was instructed to pretend to be a buyer. He reportedly obtained the drugs from an unidentified person. The latter had reportedly smuggled the opium from Iran and hid it in three packages in a bag put in front of an aryk near a water-line in the II Shahseven village of Beylagan.
A criminal case has been launched under the Criminal Code’s articles #206.3.2, 234.4.1, and 234.4.3. Mehdiyev Isbandiyar Shura oglu has been detained as a suspect. He has been sentenced to three-month imprisonment under the Criminal Code’s articles #206.3.2, 234.4.1, and 234.4.3. The investigation is underway.