Azerbaijani police detain Iranian citizen dealing drugs in Baku PHOTO/VIDEO

The officers of the Binagadi district police department conducted operational activities to combat illicit drug trafficking.

The Interior Ministry's press service told Caliber.Az that as a result of the search operations conducted by police, they detained Hossein Bolhassani, a citizen of Iran, who organised the sale and distribution of smuggled drugs in the capital city. During the search of his residence in the Hovsan settlement of Surakhani district, 3 kg of heroin and over 5 kg of marijuana were found and seized.

Hossein Bolhassani was one of the main organisers of the sale and distribution of drugs imported into the country by various illegal means.

Investigations are continuing to apprehend other members of the network he set up in the capital for the sale of narcotic drugs.