Customs officers carried out two more successful operations to combat drug smuggling, APA reports quoting the State Customs Committee.
So, at the Julfa checkpoint on the state border, a customs inspection of a Mercedes-Benz car (76AAH601/76AAJ764), driven by a Turkish citizen, was carried out. During the inspection of a vehicle transporting decorative stones and bath accessories to Poland in transit through the territory of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, 102 kg 740 g of heroin were found in it.
Then, during the inspection at the same checkpoint of a Mercedes-Benz car (76AAH493/76AAK425), which was going to Poland in transit through the territory of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic with the same cargo, driven by a Turkish citizen, 4 kg 230 g of heroin were found in the trailer of the vehicle .
On the above facts, a criminal case was initiated in the investigation department of the State Customs Committee of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic under Article 206.2 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.