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Baku/03.10.22/Turan: On October 2, employees of the State Border Service stopped the smuggling of 26 kg of drugs from Iran to Azerbaijan, the State Border Service of the country reported on October 3.
On October 2, at 3 am, near the village of Bala Bahmenli, Fuzuli region, border guards recorded a violation of the state border by Iran.
During searches on the spot, two parcels with 17.6 kg of drugs (more than 13 kg of heroin and 4 kg of methamphetamine) were found.
On the same day, at 11:00, another smuggling attempt also from Iran was stopped near the village of Gazakhlar in the Beylagan region. There, the border guards found a bundle with 8.3 kg of marijuana.
Operational and investigative measures are ongoing on the facts, the report says. --02D--
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