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Dilham Askerov, the member of an armed group of Azerbaijanis detained at the beginning of July in Karvachar, had earlier been under investigation in Azerbaijan on the charges of drug trafficking. Askerov was without any clear reasons released shortly after being arrested, Azinform.az informs.

The Shamkhor police was informed that resident of Chinarli village 54-year-old Dilham Askerov was cultivating narcotic plants. As a result of investigations conducted in Askerov’s house and yard one and a half kilogram of dried marihuana was confiscated, reported Magerram Mamedov the head of the crime detection unit of Shamkhor region police station.

Dilham Askerov’s co-villagers, 54-year-old Mubariz Mehdikhanov and 30-year-old Elbrus Ismayilov, were assisting him in implementation of drug trafficking . As a result of the investigation a criminal case was brought against the three suspects.

The resident of Chinarli village, who wished to remain anonymous, told the website that Askerov often used to leave for Russia for earning money and seldom appeared in the village. He had moved to the village from Karvachar (former Kelbajar) and each out of the seven thousand village residents knew him.

Earlier a video showing how Askerov was detained for drug trafficking was disseminated by the Azerbaijani mass media . When asked by the website to comment on the situation the Shamkhor police department stated that the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan had gave them precise orders not to provide any information on this issue.

In its turn Razm.info website wonders how a man who had been detained in April on drug trafficking charges could appear in Karvachar just two months later and why the official bodies of Azerbaijan refuse to comment on the situation.

According to the data provided by the NKR police, Azerbaijani citizens Shahbaz Guliyev (1968), Dilham Askerov (1960) as well as the person whose identity is not known on 29 June 2014 had illegally crossed the NKR state border, carrying weapons and ammunition, and penetrated into the territory of Shahumyan region of the republic with the purpose of gathering intelligence. These individuals were collecting intelligence and doing espionage by special order. Moreover, on July 4, with the use of arms they kidnapped an underage citizen of NKR Smbat Mekhakovich Tsakanyan whose body, was found with gunshot wounds on 15 July in the forest belt between Karvachar and Manashid of Shahumyan region. Besides, the person whose identity is not known, on July 11, in the evening , on the 32nd kilometre of Vardenis-Karvachar road out of national hatred shot a citizen of Yerevan Sargis Samvelovich Abramyan (1971) and inflicted gunshot wounds to the resident of Dzoraghbyur village in Kotayk region of the Republic of Armenia. This unidentified man showed armed resistance during his detention operation and was neutralized. Shahbas Guliyev and Dilham Askerov are detained and arrested.