SOCIETY
ONE DETAINED AFTER DRUG SEIZURE
Yevlakh province’s police said they have held two men who were trying to sell illegal drugs.
The drugs, believed to be heroin, were seized when officers stopped and searched local residents, Ilyas Aliyev and Zahid Huseynov.
Meanwhile, police in Salyan province seized 1.96 grams of marijuana from local resident Jasur Qasэmov.
The police investigation into the case led to a raid on a flat and the arrest of other local dweller Nizami Kazimov, who sold the drugs to Qasimov.
The officers have seized 3.64 grams of marijuana from Kazimov, who has previous criminal records related to drugs haul.