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33kg narcotic substances confiscated from two groups engaged in smuggling narcotics via Iran-Azerbaijan route

28 July 2008 13:58 (UTC +04:00)

33kg narcotic substances have been confiscated. Press Service of NSM told APA
Baku residents-Afet Huseynova, Niyazi Akbarov and Nazim Jabbarov have been arrested and 31, 1245 hashish has been confiscated. They and Iranian citizen passed narcotic substances through Azerbaijan Customs Service secretly and wanted to sell here. Huseynova gave a task to Niyazi Akbarov and Nazim Jabbarov to take narcotic substances from Iranian citizen. Akbarov arrived in Iran with bus marked WANHOLL owned by Afet Huseynova and took 31,245 hashish from Iranian citizen in Fuman Settlement of Iranian Rasht city and hid narcotics in heat pipe of bus with Jabbarov, flying to Iran. Then Jabbarov flew to Baku.
Akbarov was detained as a result of the operations carried out by the National Security Ministry on July 25, 2008, 31.1245kg hashish was found in his bus WANHOLL. As a result of the other operations carried out by the National Security Ministry, resident of Sumgayit Ziyeddin Alizadeh and Iranian citizen Nadir Seyidi were detained, 1.8875 hashish was found on them. Alizadeh, Seyidi and others agreed on smuggling the narcotics from Iran to Azerbaijan for sale. By Alizadehâ€™s order unidentified Iranian citizen hid the narcotics in the spare wheel of Seyidiâ€™s car HOVO. Seyidi secretly smuggled the narcotics from Iran to Azerbaijan. The two were detained when Alizadeh came up to Seyidi to take the drugs near the trade center called â€œAeroportâ€. Criminal cases have been launched on both cases on articles 206.3.2 (smuggling of narcotics by a group of men), 234.4.1 and 234.4.3 (illegal manufacturing, purchase, storage, transportation, transfer or selling of narcotics, psychotropic substances) of the Criminal Code. The court passed a decision on arresting the men.