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Azerbaijani Interior Ministry and Prosecutorâ€™s Office issued a joint statement in connection with the arrest of the chairman of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan

11 January 2011 19:34 (UTC +04:00)

During the search operations conducted by officers of the Azerbaijani Interior Ministryâ€™s department on combating organized criminality, battle grenades and bullets for the machine-gun were revealed at home of Dayanat Samedov - the cousin of the chairman of the Islamic Party Movsum Samedov - and at the shop where he works. Azerbaijani Prosecutorâ€™s Office has launched a criminal case over the fact in accordance with Article 228 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan (illegal purchase and possession of firearms), investigation is conducted.

The law-enforcement agencies carried out operational-search measures at homes of Dayanat Samadov and his brother-in-law Firdovsi Mammadrzayev in Guba city, for to timely prevent a dangerous social crime such as terrorism.

At Dayanat Samadovâ€™s home and utility room in the courtyard were found two submachine guns â€œKalashnikovâ€, 60 bullets for submachine gun, 20 hand grenades "F-1", 4 cartridges for bullets. And at Firdovsi Mammadrzayevâ€™s home and greenhouse his home were found 010 hand grenades "F-1", 40 bullets for submachine gun and one cartridge for bullets.

At present, investigative and operative search actions continue.