Customs officers at the frontier point Sinig Korpu on the border with Georgia found a large consignment (69 kg) of heroin in a truck.
As the press-service of the Customs said, the trailer truck was heading from Iran to Georgia via Azerbaijan. The car was ruled by a Turkish citizen Ates Rifat Ahmed.
When checking, at the bottom of the trailer there were found 116 packages of heroin weighing 69 6 kg. The investigation is underway.
Recall that in the summer of 2014 on the same route there was the biggest party of liquid heroin disguised as a liquid soap. Then the shipment passed through entire Azerbaijan was arrested by the customs officials in Georgia. -02D-
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As part of its social project competition “Empowering Lives: Women’s Support Program”, Azercell, in collaboration with one of the contest winners, “Balans” Public Association, has successfully implemented a program in Sheki to foster women’s entrepreneurship and employment opportunities.
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