AGHDAM, Azerbaijan, October 7. The territories of Azerbaijan were used for drug transit during the Armenian occupation, the head of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan, Elshad Hajiyev said, TurkicWorld reports.

"Examinations are being conducted now. After the results of the examinations, many points will be clarified," he stressed.

A drug plantation located on an area of more than 100 hectares was discovered on the territory of the Khojaly district on October 2. According to the head of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Elshad Hajiyev, after the second Karabakh war, cases of cultivation of drug-containing plants were detected in other territories liberated from occupation. Such cases were identified in Jabrayil, Fuzuli, and Zangilan liberated from the occupation. On the "black market," the cost of one kg of drugs manufactured by Armenians in Azerbaijan's Khojaly ranges from 8,000 manat ($4,705) to 10,000 manat ($5,882).