Azerbaijani police officers detain almost 20 accomplices of Iranian drug dealer in Baku PHOTO/VIDEO

Police officers of the 16th police station have detained 18 drug dealers - accomplices of an Iranian drug dealer in the Narimanov district of Azerbaijan’s Baku city.

Tamerlan Aliyev, Nurlan Aghdamifar, Amid Nabiyev, Orkhan Akhundov, Elchin Jafarov, Ramil Majnuni, Sultan Rzayev, Kahin Mammadov, Agasaf Khurshudov, Vusal Azizov, Rashad Aslanov, Feyruz Javadov, Rakhil Ganiyev, Amina Safarova, Ilyam Khudadatzade, Rovshan Abdulov, Gulnar Aghayeva and Rovshan Valiyev, the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry told Caliber.Az.

About five kilogrammes of ready-to-sell drugs (heroin), methamphetamine and tramadol were revealed during the search operations.

The drugs were bought from an Iranian drug dealer in Baku.

A criminal case has been filed, an investigation is underway.