Interior minister says everything under control in Nardaran
By Laman Sadigova
The criminal situation in Nardaran settlement of Baku is fully under control.
Azerbaijan’s Interior Minister Ramil Usubov made the remark while talking to the village residents on January 18.
He said that law enforcement officers, prosecutors and state security bodies hold operative-investigative and preventive measures to fully ensure public safety in Nardaran.
Usubov said that the ongoing work in the village for the construction and creation, as well as to address the social problems of the residents will continue.
He noted that the problems of the villagers are in the focus of the head of state.
Villagers, in their turn, expressed their gratitude for solving their problems and said that issues with providing the village with water, electricity, gas, children involved in school activities are already fully resolved.
On November 26, five members of a criminal group, operating under the guise of religion, were killed during a police operation in the township of Nardaran, some 25 km northeast of Baku. Two police officers were also killed in the standoff.
Later fourteen members of the criminal group were arrested along with the group’s ringleader Taleh Baghirov. All 14 detainees were arrested for four months as a preventive measure against them.
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