ArmInfo.In the criminal case investigated by the Investigative Committee of the City of Yerevan, the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia, the fact of illicit drug trafficking on an especially large scale by an organized group was disclosed. The drug has been imported from the United States.
As the press service of the Armenian Defense Ministry told ArmInfo, as a result of investigative actions conducted within the framework of the criminal case, the identities of the group members who engaged in illegal drug trafficking were identified - one of them resides in the US, and two in Armenia.
"According to the received factual data, a man of Armenian nationality living in the US entered into an agreement with a childhood friend - a resident of Armenia and his friends for the purpose of selling narcotics on an especially large scale. As part of an agreement, a narcotic substance was illegally acquired in the United States "Methamphetamine", and hiding the drug in a parcel, was sent to RA. After receiving the parcel in Armenia, the accomplice tried to transfer it to the third member of the group for its implementation, but was found," the report says.
Based on the received sufficient evidence, two Armenian citizens were charged on the basis of clauses 1 and 2, part 3, article 266 of the RA Criminal Code (Illicit traffic in narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances for sale, is punished by imprisonment for a term of seven to fifteen years with or without confiscation of property). With regard to them as a measure of restraint, arrest was elected. The criminal case with the indictment was sent to the court. At the same time, the investigator decided to bring as a defendant a man who lives in the United States on the grounds of clauses 1 and 2, part 3, article 266 of the RA Criminal Code and p. 1, part 4, art. 267.1. He was put on the wanted list.