Baku Appellate Court has reduced the prison sentence of Lieutenant Colonel Gahraman Mammadov, detained with 70 kilograms of gold at Istanbul Airport, from six years to five years and six months.
Baku Appellate Court has ruled on the gold smuggling case of an Azerbaijani military officer, cutting his sentence by six months. The court rejected Lieutenant Colonel Gahraman Mammadov’s request for full acquittal but revised the term set by Baku Military Court’s initial ruling, reducing his prison sentence from six years to five years and six months.
Mammadov had previously served as senior assistant to Azerbaijan’s military attache in the United States. During a search at Istanbul Airport, gold bars weighing roughly 70 kilograms, worth about 10 million manats, were found in his bag.
Investigators found that the gold had been illegally transported across several countries. Following the discovery, the officer was charged under multiple articles of the Criminal Code.
The indictment included charges of smuggling committed by abusing an official position as part of a prearranged group operating outside the country, as well as abuse of official authority abroad.
