Customs Committee: The territory of Azerbaijan is used as a route to transport drugs from Iran to Russia

“In 2008, 356kg drugs were confiscated in the territory of Azerbaijan,” the deputy chairman of the State Customs Office Asger Abdullayev said during the CIS meeting on  drug smuggling and illegal turnover of narcotic substances. According to him, majority of the confiscated drugs were transported from Iran and that the territory of Azerbaijan was used as a route to transport drugs to Russia. "However, all the attempts were prevented. The aim of today’s meeting is to fight against such cases." The committee official further noted that the meeting participants were working on developing joint mechanisms to prevent drug transportation and smuggling.

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