Azerbaijani citizens who committed serious crimes on the instructions of foreign special service agencies were detained.

Complex investigative measures were carried out based on the information received about the creation of illegal armed formations consisting of citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan, their use by foreign special service agencies for intelligence-subversion, terrorist-sabotage purposes.

With the appropriate measures taken, citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan who were involved in organizing the activities of an illegal armed formation outside the borders of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the targeting of officials of a foreign state and the commission of other criminal acts within that formation, and who considered themselves representatives of the "criminal world", were identified and exposed.

After the hiding place of Mammadov Amid Sameddin oglu, born in 1995, suspected of committing the aforementioned criminal acts, was determined in a foreign country, he was detained as a result of operational-search measures, brought to the Republic of Azerbaijan and brought under investigation.

Also, Nurlan Ilham oglu Safarov, born in 1997, and Edik Nabi oglu Israfilov, born in 1983, suspected of committing these crimes, were detained and brought to criminal responsibility.

The named persons were charged under Articles 12.1, 279.1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan (participation in the activities of armed formations not provided for by the legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan outside the borders of the Republic of Azerbaijan) and were placed in pretrial detention by a court decision.

Additional information will be provided to the public about ongoing measures and other persons brought to criminal responsibility.