Azerbaijan State Security Service (SSS) prevented the smuggling of narcotics from Iran, SSS told APA.
On April 11 at 20:50, the attempt to smuggle a total weight of 24 kilograms, 500 grams of narcotics, and 2890 pieces of Methadone M-40 psychotropic pills from Iran to the Republic of Azerbaijan was prevented in the service area of the "Horadiz" border detachment as a result of joint actions of the employees of the State Border Service and the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Operational-investigative measures are underway.