On the night of September 2, the police received information about a fire on the main underground oil pipeline passing near the Savalan residential area in Mashtaga settlement, Sabunchu district.
The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs provided this information to elchi.
After the fire was extinguished, an inspection of the area revealed that additional equipment had been installed for the purpose of illegal interference with the oil pipeline. As a result of the measures taken by police officers, 31-year-old Kenan Aliyev and previously convicted 29-year-old Araz Yagubov, suspected of illegally interfering with the oil pipeline and attempting to steal from it, were identified and detained.
It should be noted that it was determined that the fire incident occurred precisely because of these individuals’ illegal interference with the oil pipeline.
An investigation into the fact is ongoing.