Chengiz Cheftchi, Mehmet Baligchioglu smuggled a huge amount of heroin from Iran to Azerbaijan for sale.

Azerbaijani Ministry of National Security and the State Customs Committee removed over 41kg of heroin from illegal turnover, which had been smuggled to the country from Iran. It was planned to smuggle the heroin onwards to Europe. According to both structures, Turkish citizens Chengiz Cheftchi, Mehmet Baligchioglu and others smuggled a huge amount of heroin from Iran to Azerbaijan for sale.
Cheftchi officially brought construction materials to Iran in a Volvo truck to further transport them to Kazakhstan. Baligchioglu instructed Cheftchi by phone to transport the drugs hidden in the truck to Azerbaijan and onwards to Kazakhstan by ferry and to hand in the drugs to a definite person.The Ministry of National Security and the State Customs Committee detained the truck driven by Cheftchi at the Astara check point. A total of 41.274kg of heroin hidden in the truck was revealed. A criminal case was filed for contravening Article 206.3.2 (deliberate drugs smuggling by a group; Articles 234.4.1 and 234.4.3 (deliberate illegal manufacturing, purchase, storage, trafficking or sale of a large amount of drugs by a group). Cheftchi was arrested.