
Anar Mahir oglu Mammadov – believer Date of arrest: 27 June 2024 189 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 28 June 2024, the Barda District Court issued a ruling: to apply a preventive measure against Anar Mammadov in the form of arrest for a period of 4 months, that measure was subsequently extended.
Sentence: On 8 May 2025, 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 Qurban Quliyev was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months of imprisonment
Anar Mahir oglu Mammadov
Anar Mahir oglu Mammadov – believer Date of arrest: 27 June 2024 189 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 28 June 2024, the Barda District Court issued a ruling: to apply a preventive measure against Anar Mammadov in the form of arrest for a period of 4 months, that measure was subsequently extended. Sentence: On 8 May 2025, 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 Qurban Quliyev was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months of imprisonment
- Category
- Religious
- Arrest date
- 27 June 2024 189
- Arrest Count
- 1
- Region
- Azerbaijan
- Last updated
- 2026-05-13
Charges
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.
Public sources
- Union for the Freedom for Political Prisoners of Azerbaijan, List of Political Prisoners, 13 May 2026 report / 2026-05-13 / source list
