Baku / 04.05.20 / Turan: The State Security Service conducted an operation at the border with Iran, in Jalilabad, as a result of which a drug courier was detained.
The State Security Service said in a statement that the operation took place in the village of Gulmammadli, where Israfil Ismailov was detained. During a search in his motorcycle, more than 15 kilograms of heroin and about a kilogram of other psychotropic substances were discovered.
A criminal case has been instituted on the fact, and Ismayilov was arrested. -02D-
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