Two held in Absheron and Garadagh with 57 kg of drugs and hashish resin
Azerbaijan's Interior Ministry said officers detained Ramil Aliyev and Nihat Abdurrahmanov in Absheron and Garadagh districts and found hashish resin, marijuana, heroin, methamphetamine and opium among 57 kg of drugs and 1,981 methadone tablets. A court ordered both men held in pre-trial detention over a smuggling case.
Officers of the Main Directorate for Combating Drugs of Azerbaijan’s Interior
Ministry detained Ramil Aliyev and Nihat Abdurrahmanov, both previously
convicted of theft, in operations in Absheron and Garadagh districts.[1]The
detention was reported by the Interior Ministry’s press service to the state
news agency AZƏRTAC.[1]
Officers found heroin, methamphetamine, opium, hashish resin and marijuana mixed
with harmful substances on the two men, the ministry said.[2]The ministry put
the seizure at 57 kilograms in total, together with 1,981 methadone tablets.[3]
Investigators said the two men ran the illegal circulation of drugs smuggled
into the country on the orders of foreign traffickers.[4]A criminal case was
opened over the findings.[2]A court ordered both detained men held in
pre-trial detention.[2]
Photos and video
Picture published with the report of the 30 July 2026 seizure in Absheron and Garadagh districts, captioned only with the headline "В Азербайджане изъяли 57 кг наркотиков".Photo details
APAapa.azAZAbşeron və Qaradağda 57 kq narkotik dövriyyədən çıxarılıb - VİDEO
Report.azreport.azAZ57 kq narkotik vasitə və 1981 psixotrop həb dövriyyədən çıxarılıb
Open questions the AI reported
The 57 kg is one combined figure for heroin, methamphetamine, opium, hashish resin and marijuana, so no cannabis weight is recorded and the hashish and marijuana weights are unknown.
The reports give no separate date for the operations or the arrests; 30 July 2026, when the ministry statements were published, is used as the incident date.
The reports name only the two districts, not a village, street or address where the operations took place.
The charges faced by the two men, the value of the seizure and any later court outcome were not reported.
The br.az picture is captioned only with the article headline and carries no credit, so what it shows cannot be established.
The 1,981 methadone tablets are a synthetic opioid and are not counted as a cannabis quantity.
The text gives a weight ("57 kg") but the figures have no kg_seized; check whether it belongs there.
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