Azerbaijan thwarts drug smuggling from Iran PHOTO

The Azerbaijani State Border Service has prevented the smuggling of a total weight of 29 kg 455 8 g of drugs from Iran to Azerbaijan in the "Goytepe" border detachment.

On August 20 at 12:15 at the service territory of the border post located near Lazran village of Yardimli District, 5 kg 15 g of narcotic substances (2 kg 430 g of marijuana, 2 kg 585 g of opium) were found and seized, and at 13:10, 24 kg 440 g of narcotic drugs (13 kg 760 g of marijuana, 7 kg 870 g of heroin, 1 kg 815 g of opium, 995 g of methamphetamine) were found and seized in the service territory of the border outpost near Edisha village of Jalilabad District, Caliber.Az reports.

Operative-investigative measures continue on both facts.

Drug smuggling from Iran's territory has increased in recent months. 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.