Azerbaijan foils drug smuggling from Iran

Azerbaijan’s State Border Service has prevented another attempt to smuggle drugs from Iran into the country.

On October 28 at 21:43, near the village of Sym, Astara region, on the service territory of the border outpost of the Lankaran border detachment of the border troops of the State Border Service, the smuggling of a large amount of narcotic drugs from Iran to Azerbaijan was prevented, Caliber.Az reports, citing the State Border Service.

As a result of the operational activities carried out, 52.875 kg of narcotic drugs and 9,980 pills with psychotropic content “Methadone M-40” were discovered and seized.

Azerbaijan has faced numerous drug trafficking attempts, all of which have been foiled.

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.

Drugs are traditionally smuggled from Afghanistan into Iran and from there into Azerbaijan. Taking into account the geographical location of Azerbaijan, drug traffickers try to smuggle drugs into European countries along the Balkan route by transit through the country.