Azerbaijan foils another drug smuggling attempt from Iran

The border guards of the Goytepe detachment of Azerbaijan’s State Border Service prevented another attempt to smuggle drugs from Iran into Azerbaijan at the service area of the border outpost near Jalilabad region’s Melikgasimli village at 16:25 on January 23.

Following the search operations, a package hidden in bushes at the state border was found and seized, Caliber.Az reports.

The bag contained 5 kg 300 grams of marijuana and 250 “Methadone M-40” psychotropic pills.

Investigations are still ongoing.