In the last 19 years, more than 23 thousand criminal groups and gangs have been neutralized.

APA reports that this was said by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Colonel-General Vilayat Eyvazov at the ceremony dedicated to the Azerbaijan Police Day and the graduation of the 2021-2022 academic year at the Police Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

It was noted that about 18,000 illegally held firearms were collected and the number of illegal acts committed by using them decreased significantly.

On average, 84 percent of crimes were solved, more than 62 thousand wanted accused persons were arrested, and about 17 tons of drugs were removed from illegal circulation.

Even today, the number of crimes per 100,000 people in the republic is much lower than in most countries of the world.