SOCIETY
MAN HELD AFTER DRUG SEIZURE
Police in Ali Bayramli province said they have held a man who was trying to sell illegal drugs.
About 8.25 grams of the drugs, believed to be marijuana, were seized from local resident Shamsaddin Javdi.
The police investigation into the case led to a raid on a flat and the arrest of another local dweller Rahil Asadullayev, who confessed to selling the drugs to Javdi.
Asadullayev has also been revealed to have previous criminal records related to drugs haul.
Meanwhile, police officers in Nakhchivan province seized 95.6 grams of marijuana from local resident Namiq Mammadov.