ArmInfo. Last weekend at the checkpoint "Agarak" during the service, when inspecting vehicles and persons crossing the state border, employees of the Border Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia prevented 2 attempts of drug trafficking to the territory of Armenia.
The press service of the Frontier Directorate of the Federal Security Service of Russia in Armenia told ArmInfo that in the first case a service dog found prohibited substances in the vehicle's cabin, and in the second - in a specially stitched trouser pocket.
"In both cases, the citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran went to Armenia for holidays related to the Iranian New Year (Nowruz). They all were sent for examination. Currently, the authorities of the Republic of Armenia are taking a set of measures to establish all the circumstances of the incidents and bring the perpetrators to justice, "the report of the board guards reads.