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Drug sale worth 450 million drams prevented in Armenia
Criminal police officers have seized about 30 kg of marijuana in Armenia, according to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. YEREVAN, March 7. /ARKA/. Criminal police officers have seized about 30 kg of marijuana in Armenia, according to the press service of the Ministry of Internal ...
03/07/2025Sniffer dog detects drugs in parcel sent to Armenia from USA
... 25. /ARKA/. A specially trained dog discovered drugs in a parcel arriving from the United States at the customs control zone of Apaven Terminal CJSC. According to the Armenian State Revenue Committee, two packages containing a total of 920 grams of marijuana were found in a parcel delivered to Armenia by Trans Shipping LLC for a citizen identified as A.G. As a result of an operation conducted by operatives from the Anti-Smuggling Department of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) and the Economic Security ...
02/25/2025Armenian customs officers foiled an attempt to import more than 12kg of marijuana and cocaine from Iran (VIDEO)
Armenian customs officers foiled an attempt to smuggle in 12 kg of marijuana and cocaine from Iran, Armenian State Revenue Committee reported. YEREVAN, 26 June. /ARKA/. Armenian customs officers foiled an attempt to smuggle in 12 kg of marijuana and cocaine from Iran, Armenian State Revenue Committee reported. It ...
06/26/2024Armenian law enforcers crack down on drug smugglers
... (SRC), the matter concerns the smuggling of drugs delivered to Armenia from the United States by Trans Shipping company. The drugs were hidden in parcels and were to be sold through Telegram social network. One of the parcels contained 507 grams of marijuana, as well as 24 grams of hashish oil, in addition to personal use goods. In another case, law enforcers found about 1.5 kg of marijuana. The third parcel had more than 4 kilograms of marijuana, 24 grams of hashish oil and 66 grams of cocaine....
05/20/2024Armenian customs officers thwart marijuana smuggling attempt
Armenian State Revenue Committee (SRC) said customs officers at Meghri border checkpoint prevented another attempt of smuggling marijuana from neighboring Iran. YEREVAN, August 11. /ARKA/. Armenian State Revenue Committee (SRC) said customs officers at Meghri border checkpoint prevented another attempt of smuggling marijuana from neighboring Iran. It said the marijuana ...
08/11/2023Caught red-handed: smuggles tried to bring 10 kilos of drugs and weapons to Armenia
... drugs and firearms and bring them to Kajaran. The group's actions were foiled by officers of the NSS and the border guards, who stopped their car near Meghri for a search. In the car the NSS officers found 20 packages of heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana with a total weight of over 10 kg, as well as two military pistols with 20 cartridges. NSS said a criminal investigation has been initiated into the case. -0-
05/22/2023Armenian State Revenue Committee uncovers attempt to import about 6 kilograms of marijuana from U.S.
The Armenian State Revenue Committee (SRC) said today its employees seized 6 kilograms of marijuana sent from the USA in parcels by means of Fast and Safe courier company. The addressees were four citizens of Armenia. YEREVAN, December 16. /ARKA/. The Armenian State Revenue Committee (SRC) said today its employees seized 6 kilograms of ...
12/16/2022Armenian SRC prevents import of large amount of marijuana from the U.S.
Armenia’s State Revenue Committee’s (SRC) customs officers discovered 112 tin cans with marijuana weighing a total of 2,400 grams when inspecting an international parcel delivered to Armenia from the U.S. by the Global Shipping LLC Company. YEREVAN, November 24. /ARKA/. Armenia’s State Revenue Committee’s (SRC) customs officers discovered ...
11/24/2022Armenian authorities foil an attempt of marijuana smuggling
Acting on a tip from an informant Armenian State Revenue Committee (SRC) officers detained a citizen who was trying to smuggle in 1.4 kg of marijuana. YEREVAN, June 17. /ARKA/. Acting on a tip from an informant Armenian State Revenue Committee (SRC) officers detained a citizen who was trying to smuggle in 1.4 kg of marijuana. The citizen identified by the SRC as A.S. was detained upon arrival ...
06/17/2022Police detain six citizens on charges of possessing and using narcotics
... administrative district in the capital Yerevan. On July 15, during a special operation six men were detained in different parts of Yerevan on suspicion of illegal possession and use of drugs. According to the Police, the detained persons had methamphetamine and marijuana. Later it emerged that one of the detainees was on the wanted list. Later, a 32-year-old man was tracked down, detained and searched. According to law enforcement officers, he sold drugs to the indicated six citizens. Marijuana was also found ...
07/20/2021Armenia’s NSS thwarts two attempts of narcotics smuggling
... return for a payment. The man agreed, drove to the border town of Agarak and made an arrangement with the Iranian by phone. On the morning of June 22, according to the arrangement, the resident of Hrazdan was handed over a package of drugs - 743 grams of marijuana and hashish, and drove back Hrazdan. But he was detained in the town of Yeghegnadzor by NSS officers. The drugs were found in the trunk of his car. Another case involves delivery of drugs from Spain. Armenian citizen A.A. decided to illegally ...
06/28/2021Passenger tried to smuggle hash oil and marijuana into Armenia (video)
... together with colleagues from the Eastern Customs House found recently 56 bottles of various sizes with a yellow-greenish mass with a pungent smell, similar to hash oil, as well as 5 plastic bottles and boxes with a yellow-greenish substance similar to marijuana in the luggage of a passenger, who arrived in Armenia aboard Washington-Doha flight, SRC said. It said the investigation department of the State Revenue Committee has initiated a criminal case to find out other circumstances of the smuggling ...
04/07/2021Armenian customs officials report unprecedented progress in detecting illegal imports in 2020
... smugglers resort to various tricks: for example, a case was revealed when the goods were hidden from customs control in caches in various parts of a vehicle. As for narcotics, the officers discovered 6.1 kg of methamphetamine, 5.2 kg of opium, 3.1 kg of marijuana, 2.9 kg of ketamine, 1.6 kg of heroin, 1,300 blotters containing a narcotic substance of the LSD type, 591.5 pills containing a narcotic substance of the MDMA type, 83 electronic cigarettes and a mouthpiece containing hash oil, 31,709 pills ...
02/10/202151 cases of smuggling and violation of customs rules reported in Armenia in 1st Q 2020
... drugs and psychotropic substances through mail parcels and in passenger cargo from various countries into Armenia and also to smuggle them from Armenia outside. In total, 5.5 kg of methamphetamine, 2.5 kg of opium, more than 2 kg of ketamine, 600 g of marijuana, 11 g of spice, as well as 11 mouthpieces for electronic cigarettes filled with hash oil and 2,478 tablets containing various narcotic and psychotropic substances were found. In addition, 17 cases of customs violation were also disclosed. In ...
05/04/2020Law-enforcement bodies revealed illegal trafficking in drugs worth more than 1.5 billion drams
... corridor for transporting drugs from Iran to other countries. According to him, in 2019, the SRC anti-smuggling department revealed and seized 11 kilograms of opioid, 8.2 kilograms of methamphetamine, about 3 kilograms of ketamine, 1.3 kilograms of marijuana and hashish, 74 electronic cigarettes and a mouthpiece containing hash oil, 16, 5 thousand tablets and capsules containing drugs. "Compared to 2018, the volume of seized methamphetamine increased approximately 2.5 times, that of methadone ...
01/24/2020Armenian officers thwart attempts to bring in large quantities of narcotics
... preparations by mail is strictly prohibited and called on the citizens of Armenia to inform their relatives living abroad. He said this year the State Revenue Committee officers thwarted attempts to bring in over 4 kg of cocaine, 2 kg of opium, 4 kg of marijuana, 3 grams of methadone, 0.5 kg of heroin, 6 grams of hashish, 290 pieces of cigarettes containing hashish oil. At the same time, the officers prevented the export of 8 kg of opium, more than 13 kg of methamphetamine. He said immediately after ...
10/31/2018Armenian State Revenue Committee reveals 44 cases of smuggling in two months
... individuals crossing the state border. More precisely, SRC officers confiscated 2 kg of opium, 1,841 narcotic-containing pills , 11 LSD containing blotters, 31 mouthpieces intended for electronic cigarettes containing hemp oil, sweets with cannabis and marijuana, as well as marijuana and hashish. Over the past 2 months, SRC officers revealed also 12 incidents of incorrect declaration, 118 cases of non-declaration or attempts to conceal mobile phones from customs officers, 354 accessories for mobile ...
08/15/2018A thief in law charged with acquisition and storage of narcotic
... and storage of narcotics. The Investigative Committee said police searched his Yerevan apartment on June 20 discovering dried and crushed yellow-green mass packed in polyethylene bags. It said an examination found that drugs weighing 11.19 grams were marijuana. On June 21, Makaryan was charged under paragraph 2 of the second part of Article 268 (Illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances without the purpose of selling) of the Criminal Code. The Investigative Committee said the ...
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