1news.az employee offered to become a drug stasher via Telegram

An attempt was made to recruit a 1news.az employee to become a drug stasher via Telegram, 1news.az reports. He received an unexpected message in the Telegram messenger – an unknown account offered him a job with an income of $ 1,000 a week. It turned out that this job consists of stashing drugs. Moreover, the unknown person even promised that a whole training course would be conducted.

It should be noted that such a practice is now used in many countries around the world. Such people are called “stashmen” in slang. This is a person who stashes drugs (makes “stashes”) in various places, transmitting data and photo clues about the hidden “treasure” to a drug store. All communication takes place in a contactless manner.

The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan states that active work is being carried out to suppress the illegal drug trafficking. In order to prevent illegal trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, we regularly carry out events. Each received request is considered in accordance with the requirements of the law. Recently, illegal trafficking of narcotic drugs has been carried out, in particular, using new technological means.

It should be noted that transnational networks organizing illegal drug trafficking carry out their criminal activities in cyberspace. As a result of preventive measures, various pages managed from foreign countries, through which narcotic drugs were sold, were closed. The focus remains on identifying and taking measures against persons involved in this negative activity within the country.

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