Azerbaijan detains smuggled large quantities of dollars and gold bullions

Azerbaijan has detained three people for attempting to smuggle large quantities of dollars and gold bullions to Turkey. The State Customs Committee and the State Security Service said in a joint statement that they detained three persons in a joint operation on 8 March 2017, APA reports.

The detainees – Azerbaijani citizens Elvin Yusubov, Rashad Nasibov, and Kamran Ahmadov, a customs official who had made preliminary arrangement with them -have been brought criminal charges against for attempting to smuggle $190,000 cash and five bold bullions worth AZN 132,207 and 2.279 kg in weight. Detained persons intended to deliver money and gold by plane from the Heydar Aliyev International Airport to Turkey. 

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