Crime rate down in Baku - police chief
BAKU – The number of crimes committed in Baku decreased 1.6 percent to 10,612 in 2010, with only 13.3 pct of them being grave crimes, the city’s police chief said.
Rafig Abbasov told a meeting on last year’s outcomes on Tuesday that the disclosure rate of murders increased 12.3 pct in comparison with 2009.
As for combat against the spread of drugs, over 138 kg of narcotics were impounded and 56 groups of drug smugglers exposed, the head of the Baku City Senior Police Department said.
Abbasov said that though the number of traffic accidents has decreased 3.2 pct and that of the injured people 8.6 pct, the number of those killed in the accidents increased 5.9 pct in 2010.
Here we are to serve you with news right now. It does not cost much, but worth your attention.
Choose to support open, independent, quality journalism and subscribe on a monthly basis.
By subscribing to our online newspaper, you can have full digital access to all news, analysis, and much more.
You can also follow AzerNEWS on Twitter @AzerNewsAz or Facebook @AzerNewsNewspaper
Thank you!