Azerbaijan Seizes Over 2,000 Pounds Of Heroin From Drug Traffickers - Customs

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published December 01, 2019 | 12:14 AM

Azerbaijani customs officials have stopped an attempt to traffic 2,056 pounds of heroin to Ukraine, the Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan reported on Saturday

BAKU (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 30th November, 2019) Azerbaijani customs officials have stopped an attempt to traffic 2,056 pounds of heroin to Ukraine, the Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan reported on Saturday.

According to the committee, 1,884 square packages wrapped in yellow paper were found in a truck transporting fruit from Iran to Ukraine.

"Upon inspecting the packages, we found overall 933 kilograms and 155 grams [2056 pounds and 4 ounces] of heroin," the Customs Committee said in a statement.

The United States has been accusing the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's Quds Force, an Iranian special forces, specifically its former general, Gholamreza Baghbani, of trafficking drugs to Europe.