Officers of the Interior Ministry’s Main Anti-Drug Department carried out special operative-search measures.[1] The detention took place in the area known as Yashma baglary on the outskirts of Sumgayit, where the two previously convicted men were detained on suspicion of organising illegal drug trafficking.[2] In Sumgayit, previously convicted Elshad Aliyev and Zakir Nagiyev were detained for organising illegal drug trafficking.[1]

From the two men and from the car driven by Nagiyev, officers found and seized 187 kg of drugs in total, including 113 kg of marijuana, 37 kg of heroin, 36 kg of methamphetamine, 1 kg of opium and 5,000 Metadon M40 tablets.[1] Investigators said the men periodically brought drugs into the country by sea and, after receiving them, passed them to individuals in Baku for sale.[1] In their statements, the men said drugs sent from Iran by special boats were received with technical equipment at Zirya settlement in the Khazar district and then sold.[3]

They posed as fishermen so as not to arouse suspicion.[3] A criminal case was opened under the relevant article of Azerbaijan’s Criminal Code, and both men were remanded in custody.[3]