As a result of a series of operations carried out by the staff of the Drug Enforcement Department of the Khazar District Police Office, persons involved in the sale of drugs and psychotropic substances were detained in Zira and Turkan settlements.

The Interior Ministry told APA that the fact was confirmed when the operational information about Israfil Huseynov, a resident of Zira settlement, engaged in drug trafficking was checked.

Police detained the man and searched him and a greenhouse in the yard of his house. They found heroin, marijuana and methamphetamine weighing 10 kilograms.

It should be noted that Israfil Huseynov was previously convicted of drug trafficking.

In his testimony, he said that he obtained drugs from drug dealers living in one of the foreign countries he met on social networks in order to sell them online in Zira and surrounding settlements.

The operative-technical measures carried out proved Israfil Huseynov's connection with the drug dealer and his consent to his offer to act as a drug courier.

Baba Panahov, who was involved in drug trafficking, was detained during another operation carried out by the Drug Enforcement Department in Turkan settlement.

A search of his home turned up more than a kilogram of heroin.

Criminal proceedings have been instituted under the relevant articles of the Criminal Code.

Both men involved in drug trafficking have been remanded in custody.

Aysel Şahmar