Border Guards Seize Some 26 Kg Of Drugs On Iranian Border
Date
10/5/2022 6:05:23 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Vugar Khalilov
The Azerbaijani State Border Service has seized some 26 kg of
drugs on the state border with neighboring Iran, Azernews reports,
citing the agency.
On October 2, at 0314 hours, the border guards discovered signs
of a border breach from Iran to Azerbaijan in the service area of
the Horadiz border detachment's outpost near the Fuzuli District
Bala Bahmanli village.
The border checkpoint was promptly notified, the service area
was cordoned off and a border search was launched.
Some 17.6 kg of drug-like substance (13 kg 90 grams of heroin, 4
kg 570 grams of methamphetamine) were taken from two packages found
as a result of the border search.
Similarly, border guards prevented the smuggling of drugs from
Iran to Azerbaijan on the same day at around 1100 hours in the
service area of the Horadiz border detachment's outpost near
Beylagan District Gazakhlar village.
As a result of the search procedures, a drug-like substance
(marijuana) weighing 8.3 kg was discovered and taken from a package
hidden in the bush.
Operational-investigative measures are underway into the case,
the agency said.
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