The employees of Azerbaijani State Customs Committee detained Iranian citizen who smuggled heroin from Iran to Azerbaijan.

Other members of the criminal group answerd with armed resistance and managed to flee the location, Trend reported.

Customs officers confiscated 7,090 grams of drugs from Shahriyar Fadakar Kalansar Bahram which he had carried through the border in black rucksack. Criminal proceedings have been instituted.