In Baku, indictment announced in case of group involved in drug transit from Iran
Members of the gang detained during an operation related to drug transit from Iran—Sergey Safronov, Anton Drachev, Dmitry Bezugly, Dmitry Fedorov, Alexander Vayserov, Valery Dulov, Alexey Vasilchenko, and Ilya Bezugly—planned to sell the acquired drugs in Baku.
In Baku, indictment announced in case of group involved in drug transit from Iran
This was stated in the indictment read out during the trial at the Baku Court for Grave Crimes, chaired by Judge Firdovsi Aliyev.
According to the charges, Sergey Safronov, driven by mercenary motives, conspired with Dmitry Bezugly, Alexey Vasilchenko, Valery Dulov, Anton Drachev, Dmitry Fedorov, Boris Timashov, Ilya Bezugly, and other individuals whose identities are being established by the investigation, with the aim of illegally acquiring, storing, and transporting narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in large quantities for sale, as well as their subsequent illegal distribution in the city of Baku.
The indictment notes that to commit these crimes, they pre-assigned roles among themselves, formed a criminal group, and united into an organized gang.
It is also emphasized in the charges that, based on the agreement reached between them, Sergey Safronov, together with other members of the organized gang, at an unknown location, at an undetermined time, and under unclear circumstances, illegally acquired from an unknown source, for the purpose of sale, a large quantity of narcotic drugs—heroin weighing 4.153 grams, 50 methadone tablets in 5 blisters with a total active substance content of 2 grams, as well as a large quantity of psychotropic substances—methamphetamine weighing 36.814 grams. He then divided them into portions and distributed them among the participants for subsequent joint sale by each of them.
It should be noted that these individuals were detained as a result of an operation conducted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan in connection with the transit of narcotic drugs from Iran, their circulation, and cyber fraud. On July 1, 2025, a decision by the Sabail District Court of Baku imposed a preventive measure in the form of arrest against them.
They have been charged under Articles 234.4.1 and 234.4.3 (illegal trafficking of psychotropic substances in large quantities as part of an organized gang) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.
Source: Report
