Over nine months 1,800 people were brought to justice for the drug trafficking

 Over the first nine months of this year, law enforcement agencies  revealed  2628  facts related to illegal drug trafficking; 1687 facts - when the drugs were purchased for personal use, and 667 facts related to the purchase of drugs for the purpose of sale, reads the report of the State Commission on struggle against illegal circulation of narcotics.

Over the reported period, a total of 1 ton 962 kg. 680.957 t. drugs of various kinds were  confiscated, including 21482 of cannabis bushes. Of the confiscated narcotic drugs  one ton 200 kg. (60%) had a content of heroin. During the event, codenamed "Poppy 2016"  were destroyed 146 tons of narcotic wild and specially grown plants ;1,800 people  were brought to justice for drug trafficking, including in 1378  at the age over 30 years, 1645 - unemployed, 1772 - men.

According to the Commission,  there are 28,555  registered people in the Republican  Drug Center of the Ministry of Health. Of these, 23,153 people  are in the dispensary, 5.402 under preventive registration.

According to the AIDS Center of the Ministry of Health, during nine months in 2016  were identified 374 new HIV-positive. Of these, 365 (97.5%), citizens of Azerbaijan, 9 (2.5%) - the foreigners.

Since 1988 were registered 6003 people at the Center for the fight against AIDS, the Ministry of Health, including 5803 (97%)  the citizens of Azerbaijan, 200 (3%) - foreigners.

Of the HIV-positive 4459 (74.3%)  are men, 1544 (25%) - women.

Recall that the President of the Commission is the Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hasanov.-05D06-