Drug-related crimes
According to the data of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, 5884 or 30,1 percent of 19533 criminal cases registered in January-June of the current year were related to the illicit trafficking of drugs and psychotropic substances, which is 2,0 percent more in comparison with indicator of the corresponding period of 2022. 61,6 percent of them was illegal purchase, storage, preparation, processing, transportation of drugs or psychotropic substances in excess of their personal consumption without the intention of sale, 34,7 percent the same actions for sale, as well as the production, shipping or illegal sale of these substances, 2,8 percent illegal cultivating plants containing drugs, 0,8 percent illicit trafficking of highly potent or toxic substances for sale and 0,1 percent other crimes.
During the reporting period, 4225 offenders were detained for the illicit trafficking of drugs and psychotropic substances, 35,7% percent of them were previously prosecuted, which is more for 13,0 percent compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. 99,3 percent of offenders were prosecuted, 0,7 percent of them were exempted from criminal responsibility according to the law.
71,3 percent of people who committed a crime were those never worked and studied, 2,5 percent were women. 0,2 percent of the offenders were children aged 14-17, 7,0 percent young people aged 18-24, 16,5 percent aged 25-29, and 77,4 percent aged 30 and over.
Furthermore, during the first half of the current year, 754 people who committed an administrative offense on this issue were brought to administrative responsibility, which is 17,6 percent more in comparison with the indicator of the corresponding period of 2022.
In January-June 2023, 3,537.3 kilograms, or 39,2 percent more drugs and psychotropic substances, were confiscated compared to the same period last year. Drugs and psychotropic substances withdrawn from illegal circulation included 2133,9 kilograms of marijuana, 1005,4 kilograms of heroin, 171,7 kilograms of opium, 49,8 kilograms of hashish, hashish oil, and resin, 0,5 percent cocaine, and 176.0 kilograms of other drugs and powerful means.
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