ArmInfo.More than 4 kg of marijuana, 24 grams of hashish oil and 66 grams of cocaine were found in courier parcels from the United States, reports the press service of the State Revenue Committee of Armenia.
In particular, SRC and NSS employees checked an international courier parcel imported to Armenia by "Trans Shipping" company in the customs control zone of "Apaven Terminal" organization.
In addition to personal items, two packages of marijuana and hashish oil were found in the parcels. In order to identify the entire chain - from the sender to the recipient, the parcels were repacked, and the packages were filled with substances that looked like drugs.
The data of the sender of the parcel have been found. It was also clarified that these drugs were intended to be sold by telegraph channel.
As a result of the operative search measures undertaken, 6 persons were detained. A criminal case has been initiated under the article "Smuggling of drugs, psychotropic (psychoactive) substances, their preparations, equivalents (analogues) or derivatives or precursors" of the Criminal Code." The investigation is ongoing.