Tofiq Rahimov – believer Date of arrest: 21 October 2023 Charge: Article 234.4.3 (Illegal manufacturing, purchase, storage, transportation, transfer or selling of narcotics, psychotropic substances committed in large amount) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic.
On 21 October 2023, Tofiq Rahimov was sentenced to 4 months in a pre-trial detention center for the duration of the preliminary investigation.
The period of detention in custody during the investigation has been subsequently extended several times Sentence: On 15 July 2024, the Baku City Court for Serious Crimes issued a verdict: since the prosecution failed to provide any convincing evidence in the course of the trial, the Judge substituted the previous Article of the Prosecution with a new one, 234.1-1 (Illegal acquisition or storage of drugs or psychotropic substances without the purpose of sale in an amount exceeding the amount necessary for personal consumption, committed in a large amount) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic.
And afterwards Tofiq Rahimov was sentenced to 3 years months of imprisonment