On 14 August 14 in the truck DAF, driven by a citizen of Tajikistan Muhammedin Ismayilov, Azerbaijani customs officers found more than 141 kilo of heroin. The truck arrived at the Astara customs from Iran, during inspection of the vehicle was found a secret place in the bottom of the truck, where were hidden packages with drug, according to the press office of the Customs Committee. The driver said that his route was through Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine. An investigation began on the fact. This is not the first such case of transit of large amount of drugs through Azerbaijan. The most notorious case happened in n July 2014, when in a truck that arrived in Georgia via Azerbaijan truck were found about three tons of heroin disguised as a liquid soap; the product, costing hundreds of millions of dollars was going in Turkey, and from there to Europe. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan, over this year more than 600 kg of various kinds of drugs were found and confiscated.-16D-
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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has not been invited to observe the parliamentary elections scheduled in Azerbaijan for September 1. Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Aykhan Hacizade, stated that invitations have been sent to seven international organizations: the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, GUAM, the Non-Aligned Movement Youth Organization, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and the Organization of Turkic States.
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A new group of migrants from the Garadagh district of Baku has arrived in the city of Shusha, the State Committee for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons reported. Seventy-nine Shusha residents, comprising 21 families, have returned to their hometown.
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Bahram Nuriyev, chairman of the Gabala branch of the public association "Young Gazis" (Young volunteers) and a participant in the Second Karabakh War, attempted suicide on Sunday, according to a statement from the association. Nuriyev reportedly shot himself with a firearm, protesting against what he claimed was untimely and inadequate medical treatment, which led to severe psychological distress.
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No precipitation is not expected in Baku on July 31; southwesterly wind will turn to northwesterly in the afternoon. The air temperature at night will be +20+24, during the day it will be +28+33 degrees. Humidity at night is 40-50%, during the day it will be 60-70%.
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