As a result of the search operations jointly carried out by MNS and the State Customs Committee, nine Azerbaijani and one Ukrainian citizen were detained drug smuggling from Ukraine to the country. A total of more than 24,5 kg of dried marijuana were found and seized, the ministry’s public affairs department told.
The State Customs Committee Investigative Department initiated a criminal case over the fact.
The MNS has carried out several search operations against over drug trafficking. As a result, 5 Azerbaijani citizens suspected of smuggling drugs from Iran to Azerbaijan were detained, 15 kg of drugs seized from them.
The MNS Main Investigative Department launched a criminal case over all the facts. Several detainees were put in pretrial detention.
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