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On April 16, on the administrative territory of Baku Oil Engineering Plant LLC, located at the address: Baku, Sabunchu district, Zabrat-1 village, Babek street, 101A, more than three tons of narcotic drugs confiscated by court decisions were destroyed, oxu.az reports with reference on AZERTAC. According to 1,741 court decisions, 3 tons 430 kg 169.392 g of various types of narcotic drugs and 62,700 tablets of psychotropic substances (1 t 527 kg 101.231 g heroin, 1 t 372 kg 34.257 g marijuana, 172 kg 565.992 g opium, 93 kg 610.043 g hashish, 145,697 cocaine, 60.596 methadone tablets, 372 kg 265.438 g and 2 104 units of psychotropic substances), as well as 58.860 hemp bushes, 3.877 tablets, 19.341 capsule, 24 vials, four ampoules, 81.446 g of potent substances were destroyed by burning in awards organizations and media.

The cost of destroyed drugs on the black market is 116,815,000 manat.

The police detained the editor-in-chief of the realmedia.az portal Ramin Gurbanov and his accomplice, who introduced himself as a correspondent for one of the newspapers Khayyam Gurbanly, on suspicion of extortion and blackmail, oхu.az reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They were detained based on numerous complaints from citizens.

Based on this fact, in accordance with the article of the Criminal Code on extortion by threats, a criminal case was opened against both persons and they were arrested. At the moment, investigative actions in the criminal case are ongoing.

Let us note that they extorted money from citizens under the threat of disseminating defamatory information in the media. In some cases, they demanded money from victims to remove already published information.

Citizens of Azerbaijan, wanted in the country for committing crimes against health and property, have been extradited from Russia, Report informs citing the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Azerbaijan.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia granted the request for the extradition of Nihad Salimli, who was wanted on suspicion of committing a crime against health, Shovketbey Mustafayev, Ilkin Rustamov and Rovshan Amirkhanly, who were accused of committing crimes against property, who were put on the international wanted list for hiding from the investigation.

The above-mentioned persons were detained on the territory of Russia and extradited to Azerbaijan, accompanied by a Special convoy of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice.

Employees of the internal affairs bodies of Azerbaijan ensured the detection of 35 crimes registered in the country on April 15, as well as six committed earlier and remaining unsolved for a long time, oхu.az reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. A total of 72 wanted people were detained, including 49 as debtors.

20 facts related to drugs were revealed, and 13 – with the discovery and seizure of illegally stored ammunition. 30 people were detained on suspicion of committing crimes.

A court hearing was held in the criminal case of the former Minister of Finance of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic Rafael Aliyev and Mansur Asgarov, who held the position of head of the department for regulation of customs tariffs and payments of the State Customs Committee (SCC). According to Report, the hearing at the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic’s Grave Crimes Court was chaired by Judge Faig Heydarov.

The defendants are accused of committing acts under Article 179.4 (embezzlement of funds on an especially large scale) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.

Mansur Asgarov pleaded partially guilty. The trial was postponed until May 2.