Azerbaijan foils drug smuggling from Iran PHOTO

Azerbaijan has thwarted another attempt to smuggle drugs from Iran into the country.

As part of the State Border Service operation conducted on May 28, officers of the Horadiz border detachment in Beylagan District detained two men trying to violate the state border in the direction of Iran, Caliber.Az reports, citing the State Border Service.

During the inspection, one universal thermal sight for sniper weapons and 9.8 kg of drugs (9 kg 812 g of marijuana and 30 g of opium) were found and seized from the detainees.

Operational and investigative measures are continuing over the case.

The Horadiz border detachment operates on the border with Iran on the territory of Azerbaijan's liberated Fuzuli region.

After liberating its lands from Armenia's occupation in a 44-day war with Armenia in 2020, Azerbaijan restored control over the 132-km section of the Azerbaijan-Iran border.