Azerbaijan police cut off the circulation of a large drug shipment in Gakh district.[1] According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs press office, previously convicted 40-year-old Elnar Allahverdiyev was detained, and 19 kilograms of marijuana and the psychotropic substance methamphetamine were found on him.[1] The detainee said he had bought the drugs through an Iranian citizen whose identity is being established by the investigation.[1]
A criminal case was opened on the matter and a court ordered arrest as the measure of restraint against Allahverdiyev.[1]
