Within 5 months of 2006, 1146 people were instituted to criminal proceeding in connection with narcotics, Trend reports quoting the Head Department on Fight with Narcotics of the Azeri Interior Ministry.
719 crimes are related to keeping of drug, 384 sale, 39 growing of drugs.
95 kg 232 g of different types of narcotic means and 422 tablets were confiscated from illegal turnover.
More than 27 tones of wild and illegal narcotic herbs were destroyed.