Border guards seize 51.5 kg of marijuana from Iran in Lankaran sector
Azerbaijan's State Border Service said border guards in the Lankaran border detachment's service area intercepted marijuana entering from Iran, seizing 41 kg and 280 g on 22 March 2026 and another 10 kg and 280 g on 25 March. It reported no arrests and said operational and investigative work was continuing in both cases.
🇦🇿 Lankaran border detachment service area, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan’s State Border Service stopped narcotics entering from Iran into
Azerbaijan in the service area of the Lankaran border detachment, totalling 51
kilograms and 560 grams.[1]
In border search and operational measures officers found and seized41 kilograms
and 280 grams on 22 March and another 10 kilograms and 280 grams of marijuana on
25 March.[1]Caliber.Az reported the seizure in English as 51.56 kg of drugs
from Iran in the Lankaran detachment.[2]
Operational and investigative measures were continuing in both cases.[1]The
border service report names no detained person and gives no arrest figure.[3]
First of two handout photos published with the State Border Service statement on the marijuana intercepted from Iran in the Lankaran border detachment area. Photo: State Border Service of AzerbaijanPhoto details
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Source: State Border Service of AzerbaijanSecond handout photo published with the State Border Service statement on the marijuana intercepted from Iran in the Lankaran border detachment area. Photo: State Border Service of AzerbaijanPhoto details
The statement gives the months and days (22 and 25 March) without a year; 2026 is taken from the 30 March 2026 publication date.
The event is dated to the second seizure, 25 March 2026; the first seizure was on 22 March, and the incident date could be given as either.
No arrests, suspects, court outcome or value estimate was reported for either find.
The statements describe 51.56 kg of narcotics in total and name marijuana in the same sentences, so the whole weight is recorded as marijuana; no separate breakdown by product was published.
The exact place of the finds inside the Lankaran border detachment's service area is not stated; coordinates are those of Lankaran district.
All accounts reproduce the same State Border Service press-centre statement, so they are not independent reporting.
No caption confirms what the two State Border Service gallery photos show; they are linked as handout images published with the statement.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Xalq Cəbhəsi: Xalq Cəbhəsi carried the same border service account of the Lankaran seizure.
Left out agencies, as its quotation was not found in Dövlət Sərhəd Xidməti.
Left out products, as its quotation was not found in Dövlət Sərhəd Xidməti.
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.
