It was established that drugs with a total weight of 5.3 kilograms (marijuana and 250 psychotropic methadone M-40 tablets) were found in a bundle hidden in bushes on the border line.
The corresponding operational and investigative measures are being taken.
According to the State Border Service, at 18:35 (GMT+4) on January 20, Azerbaijani border guards suppressed drug smuggling from Iran in the 'Horadiz' border detachment area, near the Shukurbayli village of Jabrayil district of Azerbaijan. Drugs with a total weight of 13.13 kilograms (9.88 kg of marijuana, 3.25 kg of opium, and 2000 psychotropic methadone M-40 tablets) were found in two bundles hidden on the banks of the Araz River.
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