Illegal border crossing and drug smuggling to Azerbaijan prevented

Three border violators and two Azerbaijani citizens who attempted to smuggle drugs into the country have been identified in Azerbaijan in recent days, Report informs citing the State Border Service (SBS).

According to the service, on November 23, 2024, at 19:00, an Algerian citizen (born in 2002) was detained on the service territory of the Khudat border outpost of the GPS border troops, who was attempting to cross from Azerbaijan to Russia, and on November 25 at 00:05, Iranian citizens (born in 2004 and 2008) were detained on the service territory of the Lankaran border outpost while attempting to cross the state border from Iran to Azerbaijan.

On November 27 at 02:20, a resident of the Absheron region, Tahirzade Faig Shaig oglu (born in 1975), and a resident of the Masalli region, Muradli Dilgam Gafil oglu (born in 1992), were detained on the service territory of the Lankaran border outpost. 13 kg 995 g of narcotics (11 kg 965 grams of marijuana, 1 kg 525 g of opium, 505 g of methamphetamine) and 3,980 M-40 methadone tablets were found and confiscated from them.

Operational search activities are ongoing.

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