Environmental police may appear in Azerbaijan

By  Trend

It is necessary to create an environmental police in Azerbaijan, MP Elmira Akhundova said at a plenary meeting of the Azerbaijani parliament Oct. 1.

She said that the environmental police will operate either at the Interior Ministry or at the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources.

The MP also said that this structure should monitor ecology and environment, as well as timely detect environmental pollution and other similar cases, and carry out preventive measures.