Three held in Baku with 43 kg of marijuana; 55 kg total including opium
Azerbaijan's Interior Ministry said Khatai District police in Baku seized about 43 kg of marijuana and 11 kg of opium-marijuana mixture from three men, 55 kg in total. Criminal cases were opened and all three were remanded in custody.
🇦🇿 Baku, Azerbaijan
Arrested
3
Cannabis
43 kg
Police in Baku’s Khatai District seized over 11 kg of opium and marijuana from
47-year-old Hafiz Guseynov, who was suspected of drug courier work.[1]Police
seized about 21 kg of marijuana from 32-year-old Sarkhad Eminov, who had a prior
criminal record, and 22 kg of marijuana from 39-year-old Rastam Madatov.[1]
The Interior Ministry said more than 55 kg of narcotic substances were removed
from illegal circulation across the three arrests.[1]The three suspects told
police they planned to deliver the drugs to various addresses in Baku for onward
distribution.[1]
Criminal cases were opened and the three were remanded in custody by court
order.[1]Since the start of 2026, Khatai District police had seized 103 kg of
narcotic substances in operations across Baku.[1]
Photos and video
Photo of the drug seizure published with the Media.az report on the 55+ kg haul in Baku. Photo: Media.azPhoto details
Between January and September 2026 Azerbaijan seized 8.4 tonnes of drugs, including 7,236 kg of marijuana, 253 kg of hashish and 21,355 cannabis plants, the State Commission reported. Police detected 6,247 drug cases and held 4,352 people criminally liable, while the Interior Ministry put its own nine-month seizures at 6,443 kg.
Charged 4,352Plants destroyed 21,355Cannabis 7.49053271 t
Customs officers at South Astara found 97.685 kilograms of cannabis in 90 packages hidden under lettuce on a truck travelling from Iran to Russia. A customs dog indicated the pallet during an inspection, and the State Customs Committee reported that an investigation was under way.
In January–August 2026 the authorities recorded 5,561 drug crimes and seized 6,994.958 kg of narcotics and psychotropic substances, valued at 208.47 million manat, the State Commission for Combating Drug Addiction reported. Marijuana accounted for 5,928.805 kg and hashish for 247.630 kg, and officers also took 17,372 cannabis plants out of circulation.
Officers at the Bilasuvar customs post found 25 kg 570 g of dried marijuana in 80 packages hidden in the pallets of a lorry carrying onions from Iran to Russia via Azerbaijan. The State Customs Committee said an investigation was under way, and no arrest was reported.
