Azerbaijan customs find 25.6 kg of marijuana in an onion lorry at Bilasuvar
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.
🇦🇿 Bilasuvar customs post, Bilasuvar Customs Department, Bilasuvar, Azerbaijan
Officers of the Bilasuvar Customs Department of Azerbaijan’s State Customs
Committee stopped an attempt to move a large consignment of marijuana through
the country from Iran to Russia.[1]
The drugs were found at the Bilasuvar customs post during an inspection of a
vehicle carrying fresh onions from Iran to Russia in transit through Azerbaijan.[1]Officers examined the vehicle with a stationary X-ray scanner and a customs
service dog.[1]In a hidden compartment built into the lower part of the
wooden pallets under the load, officers found 80 packages of dried marijuana.[1]The State Customs Committee put the net weight of the dried marijuana at 25
kg570 g.[1]APA reported the seizure as 80 packages with a total net weight
of 25 kilograms and 570 grams of dried marijuana, hidden from customs control.[2]
Picture published with APA's report on the Bilasuvar customs seizure of 25 kg 570 g of marijuana found in a lorry carrying onions from Iran to Russia; the outlet gives no credit and the caption repeats the headline, so the picture is not established to show the seized packages.Photo details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Cannabis
25.57 kg
Agency
State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan
Agency type
Customs
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (25.57 kg)
Activity
Smuggling
Setting
Land border
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Bilasuvar District
Route
Iran → Russia via Bilasuvar
Date
Publication date
Sources
Media.azmedia.azRUНа границе Азербайджана изъяли более 25 кг марихуаны, следовавшей из Ирана в РФ
APAen.apa.azAzerbaijan customs seize 25.5kg of marijuana in Iran-Russia transit shipment - VIDEO
Open questions the AI reported
The State Customs Committee statement gives no separate date for the inspection; 4 September 2026, the publication date of both reports, is used as the incident date.
No driver, owner, arrest, charge or court outcome was reported; the accounts say only that an investigation is under way.
Azerbaijan's State Customs Committee gave no value for the marijuana and no figure for the area or vehicles beyond the one lorry.
APA headlines the haul as 25.5 kg while its text and the full weight give 25 kg 570 g; the exact figure is used.
Both reports reproduce the same State Customs Committee statement, so there is only one primary account of the event.
The pictures on both pages carry captions that repeat the headline and no credit, so it is not established that they show the seized packages rather than a related customs illustration.
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.
Between January and July 2026 Azerbaijan took 6,223 kg of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances out of circulation, valued at 187.2 million manat, including 5,307 kg of marijuana, 247 kg of hashish and 12,715 cannabis bushes, the State Commission's working group reported. Officers also destroyed 3,960,601 wild drug-containing plants on 1,167.2 hectares.
