60 people involved in illegal drug trafficking were detained in Surakhani district during the operations conducted since the beginning of this year.

According to the information given to APA by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 8 people involved in the sale of drugs - Bahruz Jabbarov, Ehtibar Ahadov, Gadir Dadashov, Mikayil Suleymanov, Feyzulla - were arrested during the operations conducted by the officers of the Surakhani District Police Department in Hovsan, Yeni Guneshli, Yeni Surakhani and Amirjan settlements. Aliyev, Bakhtiyar Malikov, Ramin Guliyev and Fuad Gafarov were detained.

More than 13 kilograms of heroin, marijuana and methamphetamine were found from those persons.

Detainees said that they acquired the drugs online from Iranian citizens they did not know on social networks, in addition to personal use, with the aim of selling them in the capital.

In total, during the operations conducted since the beginning of the year in the administrative territory of Surakhani region, 60 people involved in the illegal circulation of drugs were detained.

Criminal cases have been initiated against each of them in the Department's Investigation Department.

Coping measures are being continued by police officers in the direction of arresting other persons engaged in illegal drug trafficking in the territory of Surakhani region.