Shahin Samandar oglu Verdiyev – believer Date of arrest: 9 March 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 9 March 2023, Shahin Verdiyev 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 1 April 2024, the Ganja 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 Shahin Verdiyev was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months of imprisonment Judge: Dadash Imanov
