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Azerbaijan destroys drugs worth $6.6 million

Azerbaijan destroys drugs worth $6.6 million
10.12.2013 16:46
Over 420 kg of drugs, including almost 49 kg of heroin, 169 kg of hashish and 129 kg of marihuana, were destroyed by Azerbaijan’s anti-drugs commission today.The drugs, seized by police throughout the year, were valued at over $6.6 million.They were set on fire in the town of Zabrat in Baku’s Sabuncu district in the presence of media.

Azerbaijan lies on a major drug trafficking route connecting Afghanistan to Europe.

ANN.Az

 
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