The law enforcement officers carried out a special operation in Azerbaijan’s Qakh region. Consequently, 58 people were detained for holding of illegal religious assembly and dissemination of religious literature.

44 detainees are Qakh residents, while 9 of them are from Zaqatala, the remaining 5 being from capital city Baku.

19 DVDs and 212 religious books which hadn’t been registered by the State Committee on Work with Religious Associations were discovered during the search of the house, where the illegal religious assemblies took place.