The Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan have conducted a joint operation, the Ministry of Justice told APA.
As a result of an operational-search measure, an AKM-74 assault rifle, four magazines and 105 rounds of 5.45 mm ammunition were discovered and seized.
The weapons and ammunition had been buried and hidden near an old building in a beach area in Shuvalan settlement of Baku’s Khazar district by a convict currently serving a sentence at a penitentiary facility of the Ministry of Justice’s Penitentiary Service before his arrest.
An investigation into the case is underway.