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Customs officers held accountable in connection with the case of Azpetrol

10 May 2007 [14:08] - TODAY.AZ
More than 1,700 customs officers have to date dismissed for their unsatisfactory work and wrongdoing and some 2,000 have been administratively disciplined in Azerbaijan, said the State Customs Committee chair Aydin Aliyev.

"As you know, some customs officers were held accountable in connection with the case of Azpetrol. We are planning to give training customs officers to increase transparency," he added.

He noted that factual drug users are more and even about ten times more than the officially registered number of drug users. He also said that some people try to smuggle religious books to the country, APA reports.

"Along with law enforcement bodies, we are taking hard line and measures. We only allow importation of religious books with a permission of the State Committee on work with Religious Organizations. In other cases, it is banned to bring these books into the country," he noted.

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