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Cases on drug trafficking via Azerbaijan rise

18 July 2011 09:39 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ali Ahmadov - APA-Economics. 165 kg of drugs were detained by Azerbaijanâ€™s customs organs in the first half-year of 2011, Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Committee Asgar Abdullayev said.

To him, compared to a year ago, the situation in this sphere remained unchanged â€“ 171 kg of drugs were detained last year. Instead, this year, facts on drug trafficking and number of persons detained connected with it rose in comparison with 2010: â€œFor example, though, 47 persons were detained for illegal drug trafficking last year, this number became 66 in 2011, 54 of them are men, 12 â€“ womenâ€. Abdullayev said that the role of women in drug trafficking rose: â€œThough only 3 women were detained for this activity, this year 12 women were detainedâ€.

Besides, facts on drug transportation in different parts of human body: â€œ22 facts on transportation via internal organs were recorded this year, whereas, only 1 fact was recorded last yearâ€. The drug transported via Azerbaijan from Iran is taken to especially to Russia and other countries.