Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 21 / Trend H.Bagirov /
The Azerbaijani court passed a sentence on the gang members smuggling arms from Iran to Azerbaijan.
Today the Azerbaijani Heinous Crimes Court sentenced the gang members, Tahir Asadullayev to 10 years imprisonment, Musa Hajiyev- six years, Anar Haydarov- three years, Rashad Aslanov and Rashad Shukurov three years, Asif Piraliyev, Elnur Shukurov and Elchin Hasanov to one year and six months, the court told Trend .
The court sentenced Araz Shukurov and Vugar Isayev to nine months.
They were released from the court hall, because they have already served this term.
The officers of the National Security Ministry arrested the defendants in March, 2009. During the arrests, the officers seized two TT and Makarov pistols.
The defendants are accused of the Articles 206.3.2 (smuggling by a group of persons upon prior agreement), 228.1, 228.2.1 and 228.2.2 (illegal purchase, transfer, sale, possession, transportation or carrying of firearms, component parts to them, ammunition, explosives and explosive devices) of the Azerbaijani Criminal Code.
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