The smuggling of drugs from Iran to Azerbaijan was prevented, the State Border Service of Azerbaijan told APA.
It was reported that as a result of the border search and operational measures conducted in the service territory of the "Lankaran" border detachment of the Border Troops of the State Border Service at 03:50 on July 10, drugs with total weight of 36 kilograms 790 grams (marijuana 34 kg 690 grams; opium 2 kg 100 grams) and 1200 Methadone M-40 pills were prevented from being smuggled from the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Operational-investigative measures are ongoing.