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Law enforcement agencies received information that alcoholic drinks worth 8,000 manats were stolen from one of the stores located in the Sabail district of Baku at different times, oxu.az reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

It is noted that thanks to the activities carried out by employees of the 41st police department of the Sabail district police department, a resident of the capital, Rasim Abdullayev, who had previously been convicted of theft, robbery and drug-related crimes, was detained.

An investigation into this fact is underway.

A criminal case has been opened in Azerbaijan regarding the misappropriation of citizens’ funds under the guise of employment in foreign countries, oxu.az reports with reference to the Prosecutor General’s Office.

It is noted that based on an investigation conducted by the Main Anti-Corruption Directorate under the Prosecutor General, according to information received from the State Service for Antimonopoly Supervision and Control of the Consumer Market under the Ministry of Economy, in relation to senior officials of limited liability companies Recent Group and Area Alfa Group has initiated a criminal case under the relevant articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Reasonable suspicions were established that the directors of the above-mentioned legal entities, Sevinj Aslanova and Kamil Juraev, received various amounts of funds belonging to individual citizens during 2023-2024, abusing their trust and making false promises to obtain work visas and invitations to Germany, the Netherlands, Slovakia and other countries, as well as solving other types of employment issues.

At present, investigative measures are ongoing on all of these facts, aimed at establishing the circle of victims and the full amount of damage caused.

As a result of activities carried out by employees of the anti-drug department of the Binagadi district unit, Ramil Safarov (born 1982), who was involved in drug trafficking, was detained, oxu.az reports with reference to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan.

According to the information, more than 3 kg of marijuana enriched with psychotropic substances was found and seized from the detainee.

It is noted that the man was involved in drug trafficking by an Iranian citizen whom he met on social networks.

An investigation into this fact is underway.