ArmInfo.The SRC State Anti-Smuggling Directorate of the Republic of Armenia prevented the transit of a psychotropic substance such as <ketamine>.
According to the press service of the SRC, the other day, law enforcement authorities conducted an inspection of an Iranian citizen, as a result of which about 900 grams of a crystallized mass of the psychotropic substance "ketamine" were found, hidden in coffee bags. Then, as a result of analytical and explanatory work carried out by employees of the Anti-Smuggling Department, information was acquired that this citizen carried out smuggling together with his compatriot.
As a result of urgent measures taken, the next day, an Iranian citizen was discovered in the departure lounge of Zvartnots airport passengers, about to fly on a Yerevan-Doha-Kuala Lumpur flight. When examining his luggage in 49 coffee bags, he discovered a psychotropic substance "ketamine" with a total weight of 1 kg 335 grams, which he was going to transport to a third country.
Criminal proceedings have been filed at theSRC Investigation Department; Iranian citizens detained.