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Persons suspected of selling weapons and drugs were detained in the Nasimi district of Baku. As Trend reports with reference to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan, in the course of measures carried out on the basis of operational information received from employees of the Nasimi District Police Department, a previously convicted resident of the city of Baku, Rovshan Fatullayev, born in 1965, was detained.

A Kalashnikov assault rifle, an ammunition magazine and 11 rounds of ammunition were found and confiscated from him. According to R. Fatullayev, he kept the weapon with him with the intention of selling it.

During other operations carried out by department employees, Gadir Huseynov, born in 1998, Nazim Abilov, born in 1967, and Asif Yagubaliev, born in 1979, were detained. They were found in possession of a total of 4 kilograms of heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana.

An investigation into these facts continues.

A preparatory hearing for the case of former judge of the Barda District Court Elsun Akhmedov was held at the Ganja Court of Grave Crimes, oxu.az reports. The trial was chaired by Dadash Imanov. The accused ex-judge is defended by five lawyers.

The next trial is scheduled for May 1, 2024.

It is noted that due to the identified professional shortcomings in the activities of E. Akhmedov, by the decision of the Judicial-Legal Council for Assessing the Activities of Judges dated December 21, 2023, his term of office was not extended.

Based on preliminary evidence collected in the case, Elsun Akhmedov was detained as a suspect, and on February 8 he was charged under Article 311.3.3 (receiving a large bribe) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan. Based on the petition of the investigative body and the presentation of the prosecutor who carried out the procedural management of the preliminary investigation, the court decided to select a preventive measure in the form of house arrest.

As a result of another event carried out by employees of the 26th department of the Yasamal district police department, Huseyn Rzayev (born 1996), who was involved in drug trafficking, was detained, oxu.az reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is noted that about 4 kg of heroin, marijuana and opium were seized from the detainee.

The investigation into this fact continues.

The Agdash District Court completed the hearing in the criminal case of Ziyafet Rustamova and Rakhil Khalilova, accused of negligence, oxu.az reports. At the meeting chaired by Judge Javid Sultanov, a verdict was read out, according to which Z. Rustamova was sentenced to imprisonment for 1 year and 6 months probation. Rakhila Khalilova was sentenced to 1 year in prison. The verdict stated that she must serve her sentence in a local correctional facility.

It is noted that on December 12, 2022, in the maternity ward of the Agdash central district hospital, Gulshan Bagiyeva gave birth to a stillborn child, and on December 25, the baby born to Afsana Hajiyeva died here. Based on these facts, criminal cases were initiated.

During the investigation, it was established that the death of the newborns occurred as a result of poor-quality medical services provided by obstetrician-gynecologist Ziyafet Rustamova and neonatologist Rakhila Khalilova.

Based on the collected evidence, the medical workers were charged under Article 314.2 (negligence resulting in the death of the victim or other grave consequences through negligence) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the criminal cases were sent for consideration to the district court.