Aslan Maharram oglu Qasimov – believer Date of arrest: 21 June 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 22 June 2023, the Astara City inhabitant Aslan Qasimov was sentenced to 4 months in a pre-trial detention center.
The period of detention in custody during the investigation has been subsequently extended several times Sentence: On 11 January 2024, the Lankaran City Court for Serious Crimes sentenced to 5 years in prison.
On 12 December 2024, the Supreme Court of the Azerbaijan Republic considered Aslan Qasimov's appeal and 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 Aslan Qasimov was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months of imprisonment
