As a result of counter-intelligence measures and investigative actions carried out by the State Security Service, well-founded suspicions were revealed that the citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan - Abbasguliyev Habib Abil oglu and his wife Abbasguliyeva Lamiya Elkhan gizi betrayed the state in the form of espionage.
According to the State Security Committee, it was established that Habib Abbasguliyev and Lamiya Abbasguliyeva, who were involved in secret cooperation by a foreign special service in exchange for material interests, acted to the detriment of the state security of the Republic of Azerbaijan and gave instructions to secret meetings with foreign special services. In particular, they regularly collected and provided information and other information constituting a state secret.
Habib Abbasguliyev and Lamiya Abbasguliyeva were prosecuted under Article 274 (treason) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan and were remanded in custody.
Necessary investigative actions and search operations are underway.