Another person has been detained in a multi-million dollar cigarette smuggling case

Another person has been detained in a cigarette smuggling case. According to oxu.az, the former head of the Coast Guard Department of the State Border Service, Lieutenant Colonel Zaur Gulmammadov, has been detained in a criminal case being investigated by the Anti-Corruption Main Department under the Prosecutor General’s Office.

A petition for pretrial detention has been submitted to the court.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan, together with relevant government agencies, is implementing comprehensive, systemic, and consistent measures to protect the country’s economy from smuggling and shadow businesses that cause millions in losses to the state treasury.

Experts from the Anti-Corruption Main Department under the Prosecutor General’s Office continue to unravel the complex web of corruption that united officials, military personnel, and business representatives in an organized criminal organization specializing in tobacco smuggling.

A thorough investigation into illegal transactions through the Baku International Trade Seaport of Hovsan has uncovered shocking facts. It was established that an organized crime group led by Ruslan Eyyubov, the de facto head of the Baku International Trade Seaport of Hovsan, established a continuous supply chain for tobacco products from the UAE and Iran, without excise stamps.

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