BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 12. A person attempting
to smuggle narcotics from Iran to Azerbaijan has been detained, a
source in the State Border Service (SBS) of Azerbaijan told
Trend.

The source said that on the territory controlled by the Goytapa
border guard unit of SBS, the border patrol detected the movement
of one unidentified person from the side of Iran towards Azerbaijan
on March 6 at 19:50 (GMT +4).

During conduct of search operations, the territory was
immediately sealed off, and the border patrol detained the
violator.

Within the inspection of the area, a total of 64.3 kilograms of
narcotics (marijuana and of opium) were discovered and confiscated,
along with 100 tablets of a drug containing psychotropic
substances.

The proceedings established that the detainee was Iranian
citizen Agamukhammed Mirmahabbati (born in 1983). When examining
the package belonging to him, 6.27 kilograms of drugs (4.9 kg grams
of methamphetamine, and 1.28 kg of marijuana) were discovered and
seized.

The relevant authorities continue the operational investigative
measures into the fact.

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