Azerbaijan arrests reporter on drugs charges
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Azerbaijan arrested a prominent Azeri journalist and human rights activist on Friday on suspicion of drug possession in a case a rights watchdog said is politically motivated.
An Interior Ministry spokesman said police seized five grams of heroin from Khilal Mamedov, the editor-in-chief of a popular newspaper in Azerbaijan's souther Talysh region, and found another 30 grams at his house. "His arrest is not connected to his professional activity," ministry spokesman Elshan Zahidov told reporters. (Reuters)
