ArmInfo. Employees of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) of Armenia found marijuana in a parcel sent to the Republic of Armenia from the USA, the press service of the department reports.
In particular, recently in the customs control zone of CJSC "Apaven Terminal" a customs control of international courier shipments imported to the Republic of Armenia from the USA through LLC "Trans Shipping" was carried out, during which a specially trained dog of the canine center-department of the Anti-Smuggling Department showed drug identification and smelled drugs in the parcel addressed to A.G.
As a result of the customs inspection, employees of the SRC and the NSS, in addition to sportswear and shoes, found in the shipment 2 packages of narcotic substances of the "marijuana" type, wrapped in silver adhesive tape, the weight of which was 920 grams. Joint urgent operational and investigative measures and were carried out. As a result, on Spandaryan Street in the city of Vagharshapat, a citizen of the Republic of Armenia A.G. was detained on reasonable suspicion of drug smuggling, and searches were conducted at his place of residence. Based on the petition of the body conducting the proceedings, by the decision of the Yerevan City Court of First Instance, the accused was taken into custody within the framework of the criminal case.