Azerbaijan, Baku, Sep. 30 / Trend H.Bagirov /
The Azerbaijani court has passed a sentence on a person accused of drug trafficking from Azerbaijan to Russia.
The Azerbaijani Serious Crimes Court sentenced the resident of Baku, Yusif Mammadov, to 14 years imprisonment, the court told Trend on Sept.30.
Mammadov was accused of Article 206.2 (smuggling) and 234.4.1 and 234.4.3 (illegal manufacturing, purchase, storage, transportation, transfer or selling of narcotics, psychotropic substances) of the Azerbaijani Criminal Code.
The officials of the State Customs Committee arrested Mammadov when he smuggled drug to Russia by the Baku-Moscow train in December, 2008. The officials seized 24 kilograms of hasish.
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