“The ex-boss hired me to break up with his son”
Arrested in Azerbaijan on charges of selling drugs to the woman acquitted.
44-year-old Barda resident Saadat Sadigova A crime He was found guilty under Article 234.4.3 of the Code (selling large quantities of drugs) and was detained in January 2021. On February 24 this year Baku The Court of Serious Crimes gave him 7 and a half years imprisonment gave the punishment.
It is stated in the indictment that S. Sadigova was transported to Yasamal district with 106,745 grams of heroin for the purpose of sale. Police He was detained by the employees of the department. During a personal search, that item came out on him. Started about women crime work Baku It was investigated in the Court of Serious Crimes.
However, the testimony of the case showed that the events took place in a different direction. After the statements and the investigation of the petitions, it became known that S. Sadygova at the time the police in the organs inspector and investigation department chief He was a tenant in the house belonging to Tahmez Astanaliyev, who worked. During this time, he had relations with Vusal, son of T.Astanaliyev. But the father was dissatisfied with their relationship. From him, claiming that Saadat turned his son into a drug addict complaint and in the end thanks to his personal connections imprisonment did.
S. Sadygova court said in his statement that he was never a drug dealer: “I was caught by Tahmez Astanaliyev, whose house I was renting. The reason for this is his son Vusal I had a relationship with Astanaliyev. He repeatedly asked me to end our relationship complaint did. Last time complaint and when you do the police employee put drugs in my pocket and abused me. They took drugs from me during the inspection with the presence of a lawyer I didn’t want and allegedly with video recording.”
Yasamal said that he searched Saadat Sadighova, a female inspector of RPI, and found a mass wrapped in a cellophane bag in her jacket pocket. The chief investigator said that when he opened the cellophane, he found a heroin-like substance inside. Happiness at the expense of the state attorney has been appointed. Although Saadat Sadygova requested the presence of her lawyer, the examination was conducted without her lawyer coming.
According to the police officers who testified in court, they caught Saadat and Vusal while they were together in Yasamal based on operational information. It is interesting that no drugs were found on Vusal during the search.
In his statement to the investigation, Tahmez Astanaliyev said that he rented his house in Masazir to Saadat in 2016: “Later I learned that Saadat is engaged in drug sales. My son Vusal became a drug addict when he lived in my house on rent. He ruined her life by selling her drugs. Saadatin was previously also due to drugs imprisonment I learned that He made Vusal dependent on him and started living with him. I did not know about his capture. I did not order anyone to arrest Saadat.”
Vusal Astanaliyev told the investigation that he had a normal relationship with Saadat for a long time: “That’s why we used to meet and spend time together. 28 january In 2021, when Saad was in Yasamal, 2 people in civilian clothes approached and said they were police officers. We were then taken to the police as suspected drug dealers. We were searched. I was not found to have any prohibited items. I do not use or sell drugs. “I don’t know that Saadat has heroin on him and that he sells it.”
On business court– although Saadat Sadigova was found to be using opium after the drug examination, no signs of drug addiction were detected. In addition, no evidence relevant to the case was recovered from his cell phone. “As soon as you pass the Insaatcilar metro station, you will see 9 floors on the right,” said the person mentioned as “Fatooooooo” in his WhatsApp messages. As soon as you enter the 3rd block, you turn left, there is a “rashotka” on the left, put your hand through it, on the left side… Take it, the door code…, good luck” was found. In that correspondence, there were photographs of drugs being weighed on an electronic scale. However, the investigation could not determine the identity of the person from whom Saadat obtained heroin.
Court and came to the conclusion that Saadat’s crime was confirmed by the statements of witnesses, disk review protocol, phone messages, material and other evidence known in the case. Due to the fact that Saadat Sadighova has a sentence of restriction of freedom of almost 2 years that has not been served before, the sentences are partially combined way with Baku The Court of Serious Crimes sentenced him to 7 years and 6 months in prison.
S. Sadighova’s lawyer Qualified Israfilov filed an appeal against the sentence. The complaint stated that the reason for the detention of Saadat Sadighova was that she had a relationship with the son of Tahmez Astanaliyev, who previously worked in responsible positions in law enforcement agencies. Thus, although Saadat once used drugs, he has shown that he is not engaged in selling or using them. Lawyer noted that the mobile numbers provided by the investigation do not belong to his client. At the same time Vusal also said that Saadat did not have drugs on him and that his father had caught him. T. Astanaliyev even raided his house once. Moreover, in the video taken during the search, it is seen that Saadat refused to have a lawyer assigned to him at the expense of the state, despite that, the lawyer signed the review protocol on his own. In the petition, it was mentioned that the Baku Court of Serious Crimes did not grant the petitions related to the checking of text messages and mobile phones. This is the point that calls into question the verdict.
It was mentioned in the appeal that Sadigov was searched exactly 4 hours after he was arrested. Moreover, the prosecution could not prove that the drug found on the woman was being carried for sale. Only the statements of police officers were accepted as evidence in the case.
The Baku Court of Appeal examined the submitted evidence and the petition. Judgment of the Baku Court of Serious Crimes cancellation done. The court came to the conclusion that the first instance ruled without evidence. S. Sadygovan crime his case was terminated on acquittal grounds and he was released directly from the courtroom. (Caucasusinfo)